Cognitive+Dissonance

toc = = = Definition: = The unpleasant state that can occur when people become aware of inconsistencies between their attitudes or between their attitudes and their behavior. Gen Psych, Chapter 14, Pg. 454

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=In the News:= [|The euro crisis, cognitive dissonance, and proof that Germans have a sense of humour] Daniel Hannan is a writer and journalist, and has been Conservative MEP for South East England since 1999. He speaks French and Spanish and loves Europe, but believes that the European Union is making its constituent nations poorer, less democratic and less free.

[|Lance Armstrong: Cognitive Dissonance as a Hero’s Journey Ends] The stun of learning that Lance Armstrong will be stripped of his seven titles for doping by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency was the first time in more than a decade I can remember crying after hearing a news broadcast. The last time was on the morning of 9/11.

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