HELLO ALL,
OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD TODAY IS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. THE DEFINITION OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE IS MENTAL DISCOMFORT FROM CONFLICT FROM CONFLICTING BELIEFS OR BEHAVIORS. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING SUBJECTS BECAUSE IT FITS EVERYONE–REGARDLESS OF INTELLIGENCE, EDUCATION OR BACKGROUND. IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. AND HELPS EXPLAIN MANY DECISIONS AS WELL AS LARGER SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORS.
YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE HELPS EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE MAY: DEFEND BELIEFS EVEN WHEN PRESENTED WITH STRONG EVIDENCE WITH THEM. IT ALSO EXPLAINS WHY POEPLE STAY IN UNHEALTHY RELATIONS OR JOBS THEY KNOW ARE UNHEALTHY. IT IS ALSO EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE STAYING IN JOBS THEY DISLIKE, RATIONALIZE DICISIONS AFTER MAKING THEM, AND BECOME MORE COMMITTED TO A BELIEF AFTER INVESTING SIGNIFICANT TIME, MONEY, OR IDENTITY IN IT.
THIS TOPIC IS ESPECIALLY FASCINATING BECAUSE IT AFFFECTS EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF INTELLIGENCE, EDUCATION OR BACKGROUND. ITS ONE OF THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HELPS EXPLAIN MANY EVERYDAY DECISIONS AS WELL AS LARGER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BEHAVIORS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH EVIDENCE THEY CAN’T DISAGREE WITH WILL DOUBLE DOWN AND GIVE MORE REASONS WHY THEY BELIEVE THEY WAY THEY DO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN OPEN MIND TO ANOTHER’S BELIEF.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING ABOUT COGNITIVE DISSONANCE TODAY. THIS IS ANOTHER TERM IN PSYCHOTHERAPY.
AS I SAID, FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF TERMS WE HAVEN’T HEARD OF BUT WE WILL BE LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.
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