Cognitive dissonance

cognitive dissonance  For more than six decades, CDT suggests that cognitive inconsistency leads to a motivational state that promotes regulation, which comes mainly Cognitive dissonance happens when you hold two conflicting thoughts in your mind at the same time — like loving both hamburgers and cows Cognitive dissonance

Heaven's Gate followers had a tragically misguided conviction, but it is an example, albeit extreme, of cognitive dissonance, the motivational Additional studies have revealed that cognitive dissonance engages other brain regions, such as the insula and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (

Examples of such inconsistencies or dissonance could include someone who litters despite caring about the environment, someone who tells a lie Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that we feel when our minds entertain two