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cognitive dissonanceMental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The concept was introduced by the psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89) in the late 1950s. He and later researchers showed that, when confronted with challenging new information, most people seek to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting, explaining away, or avoiding the new information or by convincing themselves that no conflict really exists. Cognitive dissonance is nonetheless considered an explanation for attitude change. cognitive dissonance [¦käg·nəd·iv ′dīs·ən·əns] (psychology) Psychological conflict that results from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cognitive dissonance (Festinger, 1957) is revealed between hot target and neutral picture recognition, recorded and computed with simple statistical comparisons. In the United Kingdom over the past decade, they've been trying to conquer cognitive dissonance by having surgeons attend regular audits. They found that secondary and elementary teachers experienced cognitive dissonance when they collaboratively solved non-routine problems using multiple representations. |
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