Theme: The loss of faith in God. Thesis: In Night‚ cognitive dissonance correlates with the theme‚ a loss of faith‚ by using words written by Elie Wiesel. Evidence 1: A general example of cognitive dissonance in religion is believing that God does exist and it is important to pray. Even though that person believes it‚ that person does not pray or even mention the existence of God. Analysis: Cognitive dissonance is having inconsistent thoughts with beliefs and attitudes. The person knows right
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Cognitive dissonance refers to any situation involving conflicting beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors. According to the text‚ A First Look at Communication Theory‚ cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state that people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know‚ or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold. This produces a feeling of discomfort‚ which leads to a change in one of the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors to reduce discomfort
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Cognitive dissonance is described as the psychological discomfort experienced when there is an inconsistency between our own behaviours and our attitudes (Festinger‚ 1957). This unpleasantness‚ Festinger argues will motivate people to reduce this dissonance and to try and achieve consonance (consistency). People‚ according to Festinger (1957) when faced with cognitive dissonance will often change their attitudes towards an issue or situation rather than their behaviour. Stone‚ Wiegand‚ Cooper and
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Theory Paper on Cognitive Dissonance Theory “Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief‚ the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable‚ called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief‚ they will rationalize‚ ignore and even deny anything that doesn ’t fit in with the core belief.” ― Frantz Fanon‚ Black Skin‚ White
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called cognitive dissonance in psychology. Cognitive dissonance is when our behavior and actions conflict with our attitudes and beliefs. According to Saul McLeod‚ in Simply Psychology‚ “It is the feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes‚ beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.” (Like when you know eating cakes‚ pies‚ cookies and ice cream (behavior) and you know all along that eating those things leads to obesity and health issues (cognition)
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created the cognitive dissonance theory as an attempt to explain why people desire to have consistency between their behaviors and actions. Cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know‚ or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold (Festinger‚ 1957; as cited in Griffin‚ 2009). Thus‚ people are motivated to change either their behavior or their belief when feelings of dissonance arise.
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Cognitive Dissonance is a psychological discomfort caused by inconsistency among a person’s belief‚ attitudes‚ and or actions. There are three hypotheses that explain the theory. The first hypothesis is selective exposure which is the tendency to avoid information inconsistent with one’s belief and attitudes. One only accepts information that is consistent with their own thoughts. Hypothesis two is post-decision dissonance; which are close call decisions and can affect a decision one makes. And
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I think cognitive dissonance is extremely common in our lives‚ whether we realize it or not. Almost every day I can say that I am faced with cognitive dissonance. For example I’m on a diet and I know I should not be eating sweets‚ but when I come by one‚ even though I’m telling myself in the moment I shouldn’t be doing this‚ I eat the sweets anyway. Shortly before or after eating it I will try to justify in my mind why I just did that or why it was ok. Something like “oh it was just one; as long
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The cognitive dissonance theory states that if there is a discrepancy – an aversive emotional state – between our beliefs and behaviors‚ we are likely to experience inconsistency between these two cognitions. For instance‚ if you smoke‚ despite knowing that smoking is harmful‚ then this may result in cognitive dissonance. Furthermore‚ the college students who put themselves through hazing to join a fraternity could be another example. These students also most likely to experience cognitive dissonance
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Cognitive dissonance can fall into just about any situation involving things from conflicting attitudes to other people’s beliefs and behaviors. What cognitive dissonance involves is the mix emotions and feelings of discomfort that leads to the change in someone’s attitude and behaviors. According to Festinger cognitive dissonance theory‚ Festinger suggest that people have an inner drive to hold all their attitudes and their own beliefs in harmony with out disturbance. Every individual compares themselves
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