cognitive dissonance
An example of somebody displaying cognitively
dissonant behaviour would be a situation where the persons views, values, beliefs etc are contradicted or opposed by one or other persons causing them mental (psychological) stress. At this point a state of cognition is triggered effectively causing them to
refute, reject &/or miss-perceive the
contradictory views, values or beliefs.
cognitive dissonance
by Nee - Oh - Corn on Jun 05, 2003 23:02:03
A condition of
conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one's beliefs
and one's actions, such as opposing the
slaughter of animals and eating meat.
Example:
This child is going through a state of cognitive dissonance as he imitates his
hero while
physically beating his friends.
cognitive dissonance
by i don't have a nickname on Nov 28, 2016 01:09:35
Example:
'It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of
Cuba's longest serving President,'
'We join the people of
Cuba today
in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader.'
etc, etc.
yep this is called cognitive dissonance.
cognitive dissonance
by David Mendoza on Nov 10, 2006 01:37:47
Cognitive Dissonance States that contradicting cognitions serve as a
driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of
dissonance (conflict) between cognitions.
Example:
You do a boring job, but is paid $30/hour,
so you say that is a nice and interesting job....'well, it is not cognitive dissonance, I think is a great
new job!!'
You are deciding about two movies, your girlfriend wants to see the most boring one so after the cinema, you think it was a
good movie and cool after all.
cognitive dissonance
by hobolikker on May 27, 2009 13:29:47
Knowing
you made the wrong choice but are too stubborn to correct yourself and therefore
deny it by saying everyone else made the wrong choice.
Example:
PS3 fanboy: PS3 KICKS
360'S ASS ANYDAY.
Xbox fanboy: Uhhh...Okay. Cognitive dissonance. I'll just go back to playing Halo 3.
cognitive dissonance
by Jer Mack on Sep 27, 2011 20:23:51
When a conservative objects to blaming George W. Bush for
the recession, even though he blames everything that happened during
the Bush Administration on
Bill Clinton.
Example:
Conservative: Yep the old usual
left wing play, if all else fails,
blame Bush.
Liberal: But you blamed everything that happened during
the Bush Administration on Clinton. How is that any different?
Conservative: I guess I'm engaging in some cognitive dissonance.
cognitive dissonance
by Justdefinitions on Dec 01, 2020 11:46:44
A mental conflict where a person's beliefs do not
align with reality, creating a feeling of unease and tension, which results in the person attempting to
rationalize their belief to
cope with the discomfort
Example:
A: "Trump is going to win this
election by a
landslide!"
*Trump loses the election*
A: "No way he lost, the election is
rigged! Trump still won this by a landslide"
This person is experiencing cognitive dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance
by YourConscience on Mar 17, 2019 14:18:57
Example:
Which happens a lot, because the only historical examples of people to totally overthrow and eliminate government were
communistic or directly
Marxist. How does that fact give me
cognitive dissonance?
Cognitive Dissonance
by 7Slinger on Jan 27, 2021 10:14:18
Internally repealing old beliefs and past experiences and replacing them with new information that contradicts the original to
conform with internal belief structures.
Example:
Democrats
Example:
Joe Biden saying if the President had done his job, no one would have died from
Covid-19, then declaring "there is nothing we can do to change the
trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months" is an extreme case of Cognitive Dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance
by Sexydimma on May 02, 2021 10:52:46
Reading/listening to
classical media (newspapers/radio/tv news
channels) vs having
your world view determined by reading different bloggers' online garbage.