cognitive dissonance

Day 255: Cognitive Dissonance

Day 255: Cognitive Dissonance

A friend recently shared an article entitled “The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic.” As described in The Atlantic article, Cognitive dissonance “describes the discomfort people feel when two cognitions, or a cognition and a behavior, contradict each other.” Here’s an example: A husband justifies his wife’s excessive drinking by saying that she works hard.