Cognitive Dissonance: Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or - TopicsExpress



          

Cognitive Dissonance: Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. When confronted with challenging new information, most people seek to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting, explaining away, or avoiding the new information or by convincing themselves that no conflict really exists. That couldnt really happen here... That person must have deserved it, been guilty or done something wrong... They would never do that to us... But theyre the good guys... Justice always prevails...
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:01:59 +0000

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