"We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness." –Daniel Kahneman Cognitive dissonance, a psychological phenomenon first identified by Leon Festinger in 1957, refers to the ...

COGNITIVE dissonance is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when our actions and our beliefs do not align. It is the mental discomfort we experience when we hold two or more conflicting thoughts, ...

Conversation among us is peppered with observations of the division within the American population. The division is revealed in a number of forms. It may be the acknowledgement of the political gap ...

The student’s last semester grades are in front of us. His mathematics grade is a 2 (a D). “Peter, with your current mathematics grade, unfortunately you wouldn’t be eligible to apply for engineering ...

In 1934, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit eastern India, killing thousands and devastating several cities. Curiously, in areas that were spared the worst destruction, stories soon spread that an even ...

The Penguine Dictionary of Psychology defines cognitive dissonance (CD) as "an emotional state set up when two simultaneously held attitudes or cognitions are inconsistent or when there is a conflict ...

All of us fall prey to cognitive dissonance. My cheerful wife occasionally offers me, shall we say, suggestions for improvement. And after 50 years I have learned that she is usually right. How I wish ...

Cognitive dissonance, a term coined by psychologist Leon Festinger, is a state of mental discomfort that arises from holding two conflicting beliefs, values or attitudes. As an investment bias, ...