| 单词 | cognitive dissonance |
| 释义 | > as lemmascognitive dissonance cognitive dissonance n. originally and chiefly Psychology a state of mental discomfort that occurs when a person holds beliefs, opinions, etc., which are inconsistent, or which conflict with an aspect of his or her behaviour; (also) the fact of holding such inconsistent or conflicting beliefs.Cognitive dissonance was first conceptualized by the American psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89) (see quot. 1957). Festinger posited that the desire to establish a sense of mental consistency by reducing cognitive dissonance (e.g. by altering one's thoughts, or changing one's behaviour) is a key driver in attitude formation. For example, a smoker who knows that smoking damages health might attempt to reduce cognitive dissonance by stopping smoking, by ignoring the medical evidence, or by justifying his or her actions in another way. ΚΠ 1957 L. Festinger Theory of Cognitive Dissonance i. 8 ‘Incongruity’ or cognitive dissonance..is produced by the knowledge that a person or other source of information which a subject regards positively (or negatively) supports an opinion which the subject regards negatively (or positively). 1980 High School Jrnl. 64 83/1 Our young doctor has been thrown into a state of cognitive dissonance; he can comprehend neither what he hears nor what he sees, for it squares with little that he has been taught. 2019 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Feb. Clark is at heart a decent man and can't maintain the cognitive dissonance of talking stuff he knows to be bollocks for any length of time. < as lemmas |
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