> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 2 topics, 27 evergreens, 4 sources</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[cognitive dissonance]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [Cognitive dissonance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20dissonance) > > In:: the field of [[Psychology]], > cognitive dissonance is psychological stress people experience when they perceive contradictory [[information]] or when they participate in an action that goes against one of their core [[belief]]. > > According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, people do all in their power to change them until they become consistent. > ^[[[Human's will find explanations for inexplainable things]]] > The discomfort is triggered by the person's belief clashing with new information perceived, wherein the individual tries to find a way to resolve the contradiction to reduce their discomfort. > ^[[[Human's have an inability to admit that they are wrong]]] > > A person who experiences internal inconsistency tends to become psychologically uncomfortable and is motivated to reduce the cognitive dissonance. > They tend to make changes to justify the stressful behavior, either by adding new parts to the cognition causing the psychological dissonance (rationalization) > ^[[[Rationalizations are defense-mechanisms against strong emotions]]] > or by avoiding circumstances and contradictory information likely to increase the magnitude of the cognitive dissonance (confirmation bias). > ^[[[Faith is an abstraction of cognitive dissonance]]] > > Coping with the nuances of contradictory ideas or experiences is mentally stressful. It requires energy and effort to sit with those seemingly opposite things that all seem true. Festinger argued that some people would inevitably resolve dissonance by blindly believing whatever they wanted to believe. > ^[[[Q justifies conservatives discontent]]] ##### ^dataviews > [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes > > - [[Does cognitive dissonance increase your capacity for endurance]] > - [[Hard rules create cognitive bias]] > - [[Humans try really hard to avoid understanding their mistakes]] > - [[Is cognitive dissonance fundamental to the human experience]] > - [[Is cognitive dissonance the reason for harmful behaviors]] > - [[MAGA is built off nostalgia not facts]] > - [[People have been conditioned to believe the bible has to be infallible]] > - [[The anti-vax movement is based off a white lie]] > - [[We are confined to the tools of our time]] > - [[Why do humans have such a high capacity for cognitive dissonance]] > [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions > > - [[10_Sources/Readwise/Articles/articles - Cognitive biases that lead to poorly designed products - Inverted Passion|articles - Cognitive biases that lead to poorly designed products - Inverted Passion]] > - [[10_Sources/Readwise/Tweets/tweets - Tweets From Hank Green|tweets - Tweets From Hank Green]] > - [[10_Sources/articles - Cognitive biases that lead to poorly designed products - Inverted Passion|articles - Cognitive biases that lead to poorly designed products - Inverted Passion]] > - [[10_Sources/tweets - Tweets From Hank Green|tweets - Tweets From Hank Green]] > - [[topics]] > - [[cognitive bias]] > - [[47 Humanity]] > - [[Atheists don't lack belief they lack religious belief]] > - [[Be the change you want to see in the world]] > - [[Christians struggle to feel empathy because they must believe that non-christians are going to hell]] > - [[Evergreen notes don't allow for new ideas]] > - [[Evolutionary Psychology is just a framework not a prescription of behavior]] > - [[Happiness is enlightenment and sadness is delusion]] > - [[Having extreme and uncontrollable empathy is dangerous]] > - [[Humans are drawn to the unknown and repelled by the known]] > - [[Humans are primarily irrational, illogical, emotional beings]] > - [[Most anxiety isn't irrational it's just overcompensation]] > - [[Searching for THE answer is dangerous]] > - [[The ego is the brain's response to the realization that we are just another individual in the world]] > - [[We will evolve when we make learning as easy as thinking]] > - [[You can be taught to invalidate your own emotions]]