{"id":7761,"date":"2016-08-22T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/22\/cognitive-dissonance\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:40:45","slug":"cognitive-dissonance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/cognitive-dissonance\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Cognitive Dissonance, &#038; Where Does It Come From?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7761\" class=\"elementor elementor-7761\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59bcb00 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59bcb00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-539acb7\" data-id=\"539acb7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c17cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56c17cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>This month I wanted to talk about cognitive dissonance, one of my favourite observations from the field of psychology. Cognitive dissonance is the state of discomfort one feels when there is a conflict between the belief or paradigm one holds, and the actions, behaviours or evidence that one is confronted with.<\/p><p>This discomfort induces the person with dissonance to adopt strategies that reduce the discomfort being felt. The person feels compelled to mislead themselves, or others, in order to justify their position. It will also likely lead to them avoiding situations where a dissonant situation may arise. According to its original proponent, Festinger; <em>\u2018It leads to activity oriented toward dissonance reduction just as hunger leads toward activity oriented toward hunger reduction.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd840b9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fd840b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b34aaf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b34aaf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although most of us haven\u2019t heard of cognitive dissonance, we are all hugely familiar with the patterns of behaviour it is describing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/cognitive-dissonance\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Is Cognitive Dissonance, &#038; Where Does It Come From?<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I wanted to talk about cognitive dissonance, one of my favourite observations from the field of psychology. Cognitive dissonance is the state of discomfort one feels when there is a conflict between the belief or paradigm one holds, and the actions, behaviours or evidence that one is confronted with. 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