CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Cognitive Dissonance refers to
A
Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors.
B
equilibrium in thoughts, skills and action
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive dissonance theory postulates that an underlying psychological tension is created when an individual’s behavior is inconsistent with his or her thoughts and beliefs. This underlying tension then motivates an individual to make an attitude change that would produce consistency between thoughts and behaviors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive dissonance is a mental conflict that occurs when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. It’s an uncomfortable state of mind when someone has contradictory values, attitudes, or perspectives about the same thing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over 60 years ago, Leon Festinger (1957) postulated one of the most well-known theories of psychology: cognitive dissonance theory. The theory is based on the idea that two cognitions can be relevant or irrelevant to each other (Festinger, 1957).

Detailed explanation-5: -cognitive dissonance, the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information.

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