The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people are averse to inconsistencies within their own minds. It offers one explanation for why people sometimes make an effort to adjust their ...

Cognitive Dissonance It is a psychological axiom that the ... Scrooge turned a blind eye to Tiny Tim’s and other people’s ...

2007, p. 978). Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable state, so people try to resolve it by changing one of the two dissonant elements (Festinger, 1962). An experiment by Egan et al. (2007) found ...

Older people who feel their life lacks purpose may be more likely to suffer memory problems and cognitive decline, research ...