Cognitive dissonance

can call this phenomenon cognitive dissonance. Because most people who smoke know that smoking is bad they experience cognitive dissonance. But the question is, why do most smokers never give up smoking even if they are experiencing cognitive dissonance? That's the question i am going to answer in this article by telling you about the connection between cognitive dissonance and smoking behavior. How smokers deal with cognitive dissonance Because cognitive dissonance is not a comfortable…

Cognitive dissonance is a state in which one’s emotions of anxiety and discomfort are entangled in the opposing beliefs or attitudes one is experiencing or expressing. Furthermore, it has been experienced by the Germans after the Second World War, as they question whether they should forgive themselves for falling victim to the Nazi Party’s deceptions and the suppression of societal ideologies. This is also a negative stipulation that is experienced by Michael in the novel The Reader, by German…

Can cognitive dissonance for effective persuasion be measure through a desired satisfaction or a deficiency? The direction of which an individual’s basic needs or desire may impact and determine one’s stimulated behaviors. This may cause inconsistency or a constant balance in their cognitive dissonance of persuasion as a negative or positive response. In addition, philosophers and their scientific theories believe it depends on the deficiencies or satisfaction measures of a person’s desire…

One of the most important benefits of AOSD is the separation of concerns. A concern is an interest, which pertains to the system’s development, its operation or any other matters that are critical or otherwise important to one of the stakeholders [2]. The term separation of concerns was originally coined by Dijkstra in [11]: Let me try to explain to you, what to my taste is characteristic for all intelligent thinking. It is, that one is willing to study in depth an aspect of one’s subject…

4.0 Assumption of cognitive dissonance theory 4.1 Human beings desire consistency in their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. This assumption portrays a model of human nature that is concern with stability and consistency. People do not enjoy inconsistencies in their thoughts and beliefs. Instead they seek in consistency. 4.2 Dissonance is created by psychological inconsistencies The theory is not concerned with a strict logical consistency. It refers to the fact that cognitions must be…

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word disparity means the quality or state of being different. It listed synonyms of disparities such contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, diversity, otherness, and unlikeness. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defined the word disparity as a great difference. This source stated that the term disparity was originated in the 1550’s and derived from the Latin word paritas, the Late Latin…

in, which is gained by our senses is false, but to find the truest knowledge of the world we must think how a philosopher would think. In comparison, Mike Fishbein, writer of “Cognitive Dissonance: What Happens When Reality Trumps Perception” informs readers about an effect called cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance means “the mental stress or discomfort experienced when holding two conflicting thoughts” (Fishbein). Although Plato’s theory of the true world explains how “normal people” do…

Does success constitute only of monetary wealth, power, and fame, or is there something more? The question as to what success really entails and how it is achieved is profoundly explored and critiqued in Arthur Miller’s 1949 Pulitzer winning play, Death of a Salesman. Ironically, Death of a Salesman follows the unsuccessful and dysfunctional relationship of the Loman household and the problems that arise as the two Loman brothers strive aimlessly to obtain success through completing the so…

1. Cognitive dissonance is "the tension produced by a conflict between attitudes and behavior" (Nelson & Quick, 2015). In my present position, I have encountered a conflict with the district manager, who is not my direct manager but definitely my superior. She is very abrupt, loud, high energy (to the point of causing chaos in the work environment), and disrespectful to her employees. Even though she has this type of personality, she expects her employees to be positive, upbeat, and to not…

The cognitive dissonance theory can demonstrate how all the components of the video make the message more persuasive. Cognitive dissonance theory has been brought by Stanford University social psychologist Leon Festinger. His definition of cognitive dissonance is “the distressing mental state that people feel when they find themselves doing things that do not fit with what they know…