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  2. Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia

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    In a study titled Cognitive Dissonance and Attitudes Toward Unpleasant Medical Screenings (2016), researchers Michael R. Ent and Mary A. Gerend informed the study participants about a discomforting test for a specific (fictitious) virus called the "human respiratory virus-27". The study used a fake virus to prevent participants from having ...

  3. Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure

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    The documentary was reviewed in episode 74 of the podcast show Cognitive Dissonance (along with fellow podcaster George Hrab guesting). [18] The hosts criticized it for the elements of revisionist history, bias, and general poor quality.

  4. Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) - Wikipedia

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    Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) is a 2007 non-fiction book by social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.It deals with cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and other cognitive biases, using these psychological theories to illustrate how the perpetrators (and victims) of hurtful acts justify and rationalize their behavior.

  5. 7 Signs You’re Experiencing Cognitive Dissonance - AOL

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    Cognitive dissonance happens when your values and beliefs are challenged by social pressure, learning new information, having to make a quick decision, or behaving in a way that doesn’t align ...

  6. Self-justification - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive dissonance is a state of tension that occurs whenever a person holds two inconsistent cognitions. For example, "Smoking will shorten my life, and I wish to live for as long as possible," and yet "I smoke three packs a day." Dissonance is bothersome in any circumstance but it is especially painful when an important element of self ...

  7. Carol Tavris - Wikipedia

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    Carol Anne Tavris (born September 17, 1944) [1] is an American social psychologist and feminist.She has devoted her career to writing and lecturing about the contributions of psychological science to the beliefs and practices that guide people's lives, and to criticizing "psychobabble," "biobunk," and pseudoscience.

  8. Elliot Aronson - Wikipedia

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    Elliot Aronson (born January 9, 1932) is an American psychologist who has carried out experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance and invented the Jigsaw Classroom, a cooperative teaching technique that facilitates learning while reducing interethnic hostility and prejudice.

  9. Parallel constraint satisfaction processes - Wikipedia

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    For example, Shultz and Lepper (1996) noted that in thinking about cognitive dissonance in terms of parallel constraint satisfaction processes, it becomes clear that cognitive consistency phenomena—such as those studied by dissonance researchers—are not the result of atypical or unusual cognitive processes but rather are the direct result ...