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If people have too much external justification for their actions, cognitive dissonance does not occur, and thus, attitude change is unlikely to occur. On the other hand, when people cannot find external justification for their behavior, they must attempt to find internal justification—they reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes or behaviors.
A key factor in distinguishing a bad habit from an addiction or mental disease is the element of willpower. If a person still seems to have control over the behavior then it is just a habit . [ 7 ] Good intentions are able to override the negative effect of bad habits but their effect seems to be independent and additive — the bad habits ...
Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not. [1] The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language c. 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". [2] Today, "hypocrisy" often refers to advocating behaviors that one does not practice.
From spending too much time online to skipping a flu shot, oversleeping, or holding a grudge, habits can really hurt — and that’s true even of some that seem good at first.
Cleanliness is both the state of being clean and free from germs, dirt, trash, or waste, and the habit of achieving and maintaining that state. Cleanliness is often achieved through cleaning . Culturally, cleanliness is usually a good quality, as indicated by the aphorism : "Cleanliness is next to Godliness ", [ 1 ] and may be regarded as ...
Breathing is habit. Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits, since the individual is a succession of individuals; the world being a projection of the individual's consciousness (an objectivation of the individual's will, Schopenhauer would say), the pact must be continually renewed, the letter of safe-conduct brought up to date ...
"Hypocrisy" has at least two different meanings: Failing to practice what one preaches or what one claims to believe in; praising good deeds while doing bad ones (e.g., a clergyman having an affair) Pretending to be more virtuous than one really is; doing good deeds just for show (e.g., a company donating to charity for good PR)
China has accused Australia of “hypocrisy” and “systemic racism” after Beijing was confronted at the United Nations over alleged abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet.. The Chinese envoy to the UN ...