Cognitive Dissonance (Definition + 3 Examples)

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[@Elfos64]

I remember the first time I heard the term "Cognitive Dissonance". It was on Home Improvement from the neighbor, Wilson. He explained that it's basically when you're confronted with a piece of information that contradicts your prior understanding and thus you have to re-order your whole way of thinking to accommodate for the new info.

[@bigtee2000]

Do you happen to remember what episode this is? I want to hear the clip.

[@Elfos64]

@@bigtee2000 It was the episode when Al had a good long talk with Heidi who was having some personal trouble and she ended up staying the night at his house, but it was all platonic.

[@briand3029]

Your explanation veats this video by 10000 times... The creator needs to take his own advice on keeping it simple

[@davidmudry5622]

Stockholm Syndrome your captures = Deep State = unelected self interest persons with power to prevent you from knowing about this kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnuzpoqvbtqnqdU

[@F_U23]

Your explanation is far better than this video. Appreciate that, friend 😁

[@cg0825]

Another common example is employment. You have a job that pays very well but you absolutely hate it. The job is miserable every minute of the day. You can say things like "at least I am making good money", "the job isn't really that bad", "It is better than scrubbing floors or toilets", or even "I'm retiring in five years anyway then I can do what I want" or "I can afford a nice house, car, etc on my salary"

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

This term is my go to explaining so many things in life. Once you get it you see it in so many situations.

[@MediaTrainerPro]

Well done Practical Psychology. These are great examples of the positive attributes of cognitive dissonance. Most people focus on where it is negative. DISCOMFORT IS INEVITABLE. 👊

[@alextownsend9437]

Amazing how cognitive dissonance works as an argument from both sides. This video is extremely simplified and lacks content and context. Using smoking as an example and then the current, new and more complex situation we face such as the pandemic is interesting - the issue for me is people using cognitive dissonance as a label (much like “anti-vaxer”) to avoid discussion , especially around the obvious censorship and segregation that’s occurring - and causing issues for us all. Beliefs are based on the information we consume, but unless we have open discussions, it’s always going to be one ‘side’ vs the other, and each side can easily label the other as having cognitive dissonance - this is simply a lack of intelligence. Real cognitive dissonance is being provided with the evidence and choosing to ignore it, because the discomfort of being wrong is too much to face. Not to mention the difficulties most people face with reacting emotionally to things/being easily triggered by something that challenges their beliefs. These are what need to be addressed in my opinion, because when you know ‘Truth’, nothing can upset that.

[@alextownsend9437]

A more in depth explanation that avoids arbitrary examples and provides better terminology: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3-zmKaoZrdoabM

[@dbroenen]

I concur. How ironic. Starting at the 2:56 timestamp, this KZbin creator exposes his own cognitive dissonance while attempting to explain the phenomenon. Clearly he's fallen for the C0VlD propaganda. #OpenVAERS

[@s0459054]

@@dbroenen lol yes - I wonder if he still wears his mask. Maybe he does, and hey at least that's consistent. But the amount of people who wear the mask now that we're not forced to (like 1 in 50) shows how few were actually true believers.

[@jasoncloer3792]

@@dbroenen I noticed that as well. Irked the hell out of me...

[@sararivz668]

Really great video. Thanks for sharing

[@kizitoagbainjo823]

Thanks for taking your time to make a share such valuable information.

[@mostafaghanbari5307]

The simplest yet comprehensive way to explain cognitive dissonance.

[@GOxHAM]

Needed this, thank you.

[@shaikshabreen9616]

Thank you for providing such amazing videos.These has helped me for my exams Thank you🙏❤️💖.

[@Yentra163]

Great examples. Lots of examples creates a better understanding of what something is.👍👍👍

[@florazul5240]

The Peer Pressure is the best Example

[@zaidhamid7269]

Pretty good video dude, Thanks!

[@dontplay3088]

I've just learned ...thanks

[@Tiznado]

So cognitive dissonance is making excuses to continue doing something bad? Is that also being 'in denial'? or are they different? Sorry, I've been hearing about cognitive dissonance for a while now, and am still having trouble fully understanding its meaning

[@nicolasvasquez8048]

Hey there. Cognitive dissonance is when you hold two believes at the same time, such as the smoking example in the video. We believe that smoking is bad, and yet we also think that we are not smoking enough to cause any real harm. In this example, the cognitive dissonance arrises between "smoking is bad" and "I don't smoke enough for it to be bad". The excuses or rationalizations that we come up with are simply an attempt to rid ourselves from the discomfort. Denial is different because the person does not accept reality, saying something such as "smoking is good for you".

[@Kajju-97]

​@@nicolasvasquez8048well explained

[@Myheartofthematter]

Witrh regards to smoking, all the factors mentioned used to justify the continuance of smoking are actually something that happens. When we consider that smoking is a coping mechanism helping to alleviate anxiety, when stopped without resolving what's causing the anxiety then a person is more likely to eat or drink more and to deal with this may also exercise more and usually does. There's a much bigger picture to consider other than the justifications given here. Also, that smoking alone doesn't kill the smoker, if it did then everyone who smoked would die from smoking. Emotional repression plays a major role too especially when this leads to social isolation and a lack of emotional support. But I smoke a little each day so perhaps I'm biased?

[@apompel4894]

I think your comment has bits of cognitive dissonance😅

[@Myheartofthematter]

@@apompel4894 ..which bits and why precisely? What do you disagree with?

[@sr.mental5876]

Most addicts won’t abandon their vices just because of “You’re going to die from this.”

[@sneha123ab8]

Realy great video

[@Hampsteadnw3London]

Can someone please let me know what software is used for the animation of these videos? Thank you

[@swifteh1780]

Can you make a part 2 to this plz? How To Convince Family Members on Holiday That They're Experiencing Cognitive Dissonance.

[@Barbarossa-heir]

Thank you

[@IamVenant]

Be blessed

[@sabihasyed9708]

Great explanation!! but who taught you all these things😁 I am just curious on how can one get such deep thinking 🤠

[@BB-yb7ne]

THank you. I love you

[@Noksivs]

A lot of this happening with people ignoring the glaring flaws of the "holy elixir" injections.

[@JyotiBhardwaj72]

you have explain the concepts very well! can u share the explanation video of POX theory given by Fritz Heider

[@Medsas]

Peer pressure is an example of cognitive dissonance? not sure about that...

[@teoguurrrlll7689]

Well, you know you shouldn't let others influence you, but you do it anyway. Just like how one knows that smoking is bad, but does it anyway. Let's say you're in a group of friends that want to vandalize something. You know you shouldn't do it, you know that vandalism is bad, but you tell yourself that you won't do it again, that no one is going to get hurt, that people have done worse things, that it's just for fun, and the list can go on.

[@YuriG03042]

it's how it can lead to cognitive dissonance. you can smoke to get yourself killed and suffer. that would not be cognitive dissonance. the video was pretty clear with the point it was making, i suggest watching again

[@leosullivan9228]

@@teoguurrrlll7689 HELLO! this is propaganda. Society *requires* others' infuence øn us. Smoking- like random sex- is not inherently bad or good, but potentialy both risky and pleasant.

[@yummy8074]

I feel like what you talked about in this video is another pandemic that has been among people for quite many centuries.

[@Yorker1998]

Defintiely can relate to the nicotine thing. I quit smoking but now I'm vaping.

[@comando1911]

So... mind over mater?...

[@keesdenheijer7283]

02:40 "Alcohol abuse", very interesting. If I eat fast food three times a day, would that be hamburger abuse?

[@keesdenheijer7283]

@@Obnyr Flying may be a safer option.

[@schizojit]

@@keesdenheijer7283 haha hamburger abuse

[@davidkaminski5248]

Do you realize yet that your 2nd example came back to bite you, or are you still drinking the kool aid? lol

[@galaxypegasis22]

Everyone is triggered in the comments and still dont understand the concept It all sounds like justification unless thats what it means

[@leosullivan9228]

yeah here Cognitive Dissonace its presented as rationalization, which is not inherently ignorant

[@somethingyousaid5059]

Evidence that one of my comments in a youtube comments section has triggered a collective (unconscious) cognitive dissonance is that everyone ignores it.

[@florazul5240]

😂

[@User24x]

The dislikes are all from people with cognitive dissonance.

[@mint_soup9743]

What dislikes 😑 gaddamit u tube

[@duboi82]

Muni long brought me here she has a song called -ain’t easy

[@RayBohtz]

Your videos are great. But you have to slow down a bit with your speaking speed. Just a note. :)

[@managersamuel]

Is partying still dangerous, considering governments now declared covid as not dangerous

[@MrItachi18]

When you say you love animals but you eat them.

[@historicalaccuracy15]

@Just You can't say you love animals yet then knowingly fund industrialized animal agriculture that abuses them, even knowing there's healthy alternatives, simply because it's "yummy," that's absolutely a case of major cognitive dissonance

[@YuriG03042]

@@historicalaccuracy15 you legit going on a real argument over a meme lol

[@leosullivan9228]

but I also love eating the kitty

[@thisgirl1896]

LoL that's not cognitive dissonance

[@kuyab9122]

So all it takes for me to justify eating animals to you vegan guys is to say I don't love animals? Got it.

[@gamezswinger]

Cognitive dissonance seems like "rationalization."

[@AmitKumar-cu1ni]

Your voice sounds like andrew amazing spider

[@jackboudreaux5883]

people are not hooked on nicotine, if that was the problem then the gum would work

[@leosullivan9228]

says the kid who never got the habit. Nicotine gum does interrupt the behavior for a highly-motivated few. Your resuts may vary

[@leosullivan9228]

OP"s interpretation appears to deny any legit positive motivations FOR smoking. Our arguments for smoking, are just that- argumentative. We smoke bc we enjoy it. No need to rationalize it. A N D we also love arguing, simply bc its pleasurable- and 100% tolerated in capitalist cultures

[@Pootycat8359]

When I was in elementary school, many of my teachers smoked in the classroom.

[@FromtheCellar]

I don't smoke or vape, but you kinda made a huge leap in logic right out of the gate. In elementary school, they explain that smoking is bad because there is so much tar, chemicals and carcinogens In cigarettes, nicotine is just the psychoactive and addictive substance. Why would you say "we know smoking is bad so why do we still consume nicotine?!"? That's like saying "we know arsenic is bad, so why do we still consume food!?"

[@danielcraciun6564]

lol, first you were trying to minimize the discomfort caused by knowing smoking is bad and then you were trying to minimize the discomfort that Covid brings, i have a question, when u know that you are not at risk, u do not need a vaccine, yet you feel pressured to take the vaccines just because everyone is doing it would you call that cognitive dissonance and would u try to reason on it and bring your arguments through your behaviour , words or actions to minimize the discomfort u feel that all the crackpots are just conforming just because they could never experience this "dissonance"

[@dma2x.]

You know that cognitive dissonance isn't a bad thing right? EVERYONE experiences it. Decisions made because of it can range from good to bad to neutral...none of this is pushing an agenda

[@marcelwolfe7495]

You know what peer pressure looks like? Letting go of questions, thoughts and knowledge that that put into question the mainstream narrative of the virus because people will see you as crazy.

[@User24x]

Evidence is not peer pressure you conspiracy nut.

[@MrMllx]

Yeah, that includes asking where it came from and what discussions we've had about making sure that doesn't happen again

[@frankdank7439]

101

[@Wineblood]

"Polarizing politics" Nah dude, that's an american problem

[@dbroenen]

How ironic. Starting at the 2:56 timestamp, this KZbin creator exposes his own cognitive dissonance while attempting to explain the phenomenon. Clearly he's fallen for the C0VlD propaganda. #OpenVAERS

[@s0459054]

you could almost call it peer pressure lol which is the very next thing he talks about.

[@dma2x.]

You know that cognitive dissonance isn't a bad thing right? EVERYONE experiences it. Decisions made because of it can range from good to bad to neutral...none of this is pushing an agenda

[@dma2x.]

You know that cognitive dissonance isn't a bad thing right? EVERYONE experiences it. Decisions made because of it can range from good to bad to neutral...none of this is pushing an agenda

[@skybluskyblueify]

Antivaxxers tell people to "do the research" --so the kind of research is important. Looking at a few websites and watching a few videos is not the research you need to do.

[@MrMllx]

This comment hasn't aged well in the past 21 hours

[@ENDtheFED-it4bo]

@@MrMllx Man goes shhhhh in Johnson & Johnson.

[@jgarza9809]

Florida Surgeon General Dr Joseph A Ladapo on Saturday (local time) recommended against receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, especially to males aged 18 to 39 as it increases the risk of cardiac-related death.

[@ethicalcollective]

“Congrats to Everyone who is early and who found this comment🌧

[@MediaTrainerPro]

LOL I hope you get one sub my dude! 👊

[@arcangelmaaze7804]

I thought you was mr.beast.

[@bertstuck9684]

Cognitive dissonance is real and it's everywhere, but this video is propaganda. You're calling people who question the narrative crazy.

[@prettybrittany_]

you’re a fool. never once in this video did he say any of that

[@sandersnoeren9683]

Fuck, I have to stop smoking now

[@thepalebluedot4171]

Mental Addiction V/s Dissonance know the difference / yes the act itself is contradictory but the very cause of that smokers dilemma is not because of a bad logical reasoning. The smoker knows that smoking is bad for health but unfortunately he is helpless to stop himself from smoking due to addiction, peer pressure and satisfaction of pleasure... No bad logical reasoning involved here... Only helplessness ! Replace this example with sugary cola cans instead of tobacco sticks. So what if Leon Festinger wrote it, can't it be an erroneous example ? Stop that "appeal to authority" argument.

[@ConstantlyGrowingMind]

You need to really want to stop smoking to stop. You need to control your mind!

[@sararivz668]

Agree

[@keesdenheijer7283]

How do you know?

[@ConstantlyGrowingMind]

@@keesdenheijer7283 I stopped smoking myself, it was not easy.

[@julirohfit8570]

@@ConstantlyGrowingMind i stopped smoking after 7 months of smoking cigarettes, now currently vaping since april this year right after stopping cigarettes. my tongue was always burned and i had mucus stuck in my throat. it all cleared up but now i'm stuck on vaping. how long did it take for you to eliminate nicotine cravings?

[@leosullivan9228]

I could quit only after 20 years when it trashed my immune system. Now 20 years after that, I cant breathe

[@dianawolf894]

Cognitive dissonance

[@wiiliskaako5875]

What a coincidence, I was smoking cigarette as I clicked into this vidio

[@nancyneyedly4587]

"I love animals!" Eats cheeseburger. People get enraged when they see animal abuse but partake in it everyday.

[@honandave]

Nah, i love my dog but i also love hamburgers. Cows are bread for food, dogs are breed for companions. Not the same thing at all.

[@nancyneyedly4587]

@@honandave Some people breed dogs for food.

[@aidilamani8197]

@@nancyneyedly4587 yes i agree that some people breed dog for food and respect your stance on veganism. but what is the percentage of people breeding animals that are considered as pets by the general society? for example, ask the modern mainland China Chinese people , from an anecdotal perspective most of them are actually disgusted at the fact that humans are eating dogs which is the opposite of what mainstream media set you out to believe. it’s only in the rural areas (or the older generation Chinese) that they have no choice to rely on dogs as source of food and they grew up eating them. you cannot take a small occurrence and apply it to the whole human population. you’re using ecological reasoning which may not be accurate

[@nancyneyedly4587]

@@aidilamani8197 I do understand a very small population of people may eat a dog for food, that wasn't the point. I was merely pointing out that just because one is "bred" for "food" shouldn't be the soul basis of how one decides to treat the life of that animal.

[@historicalaccuracy15]

@@honandave They're still very much capable of experiencing emotions and pain, and so if you have the resources available to you to eat healthily without meat, then the question shouldn't even be is the cows life equally valuable to a dog let alone a human, simply is that cows life ethically worth more or less than the pleasure our taste buds. Or in the case of industrialized agriculture, we're not just talking about a life then painless death to feed the demand for it, rather what we need to be asking is, is our own pleasure really worth putting other living beings in horrific conditions where they suffer? Meat and animal products in general have already been proven to be totally unnecessary for a healthy diet in the modern day with many dieticians organizations officially stating vegan diets to be healthy for all stages of life. So for those of us that live in a place with enough money where the alternatives are available to us, can we really justify the continued funding of torturous conditions for other thinking and feeling mammals just because it pleasures our taste buds, or because we're paying someone else to do it behind walls out of sight and out of mind? I'm not even a purely perfect vegan myself, just mostly and increasingly plant based, but it's undeniable that this is a very real problem. For anyone living in a developed country such as the US, that isn't either too terribly poor to afford to be picky, or suffering from a health condition allergies or eating disorders that prevents it, there is a very real conflict between the supposed values of most of opposition to animal cruelty yet the purely voluntary continued funding of industrialized animal agriculture purely for our own enjoyment.

[@Simien.0]

Goodluck trying to convince a Christian that they are cognitively dissonant.

[@circumferenced]

awesome gameplay

[@marcelwolfe7495]

Simply writing off what you consider a conspiracy because it goes against your views and what you wanna do doesn't make it valid.

[@stadthaus.7266]

true disappointing part of the video doesn`t seem that self aware

[@User24x]

When your views opposite reality and evidence, yes it's a conspiracy you nut.

[@GutsToCuts]

Here's another example: "I love animals but I also eat them"

[@MediaTrainerPro]

🐶 "you'd eat me?" 😂

[@GutsToCuts]

@@MediaTrainerPro more like 🐮 🐷 🐔 🦃 🐟

[@MediaTrainerPro]

@@GutsToCuts 😂 😂

[@BubbaSmurft]

If I didn't eat my GF she'd leave me.

[@MediaTrainerPro]

@@BubbaSmurft That's the most real answer

[@stankwilliamsjr.8949]

The bullshit example #2 didn’t age very well, did it?

[@floridanews8786]

Killing a plant and smelling its chemical scream is soo much better. Pff. What about loving something and loving to eat it?

[@oterosocram25]

That’s why love is not the word that should be used because it waters down the meaning of it. Like, is a better word, I like dogs, to have them as pets, I like cows, because it produces great steak, and cheese and milk and all these things that God haves to feed upon.

[@historicalaccuracy15]

As far as the cognitive dissonance represented by the thumbnail goes since he didn't address it in the video, I want to address as someone who loves steak why that's absolutely cognitive dissonance. We might say cows, chickens, and other livestock were selectively bred, that's to say basically made for human consumption, and that's absolutely true. But they're still very much capable of experiencing emotions and pain, and so if we have the resources available to us to eat healthily without meat now, then the questions shouldn't even be is the cow made for us to eat, or if its life is equally valuable to a dog let alone a human, etc, simply is that cows life ethically worth more or less than the pleasure our taste buds. Or in the case of industrialized agriculture, we're not just talking about a life then painless death to feed the demand for it, because they're not exactly living happily on green pastures. Meat and animal products in general have already been proven to be totally unnecessary for a healthy diet in the modern day with many dieticians organizations officially stating vegan diets to be healthy for all stages of life. So for those of us that live in a place with enough money where the alternatives are available to us, can we really justify the continued funding of torturous conditions for other thinking and feeling mammals just because it pleasures our taste buds, or because we're paying someone else to do it behind walls out of sight and out of mind? This is why I stopped eating my steaks and why while not totally vegan I am mostly and becoming increasingly plant based. It's undeniable that this is a very real problem and I just can't justify continuing to fund something so harmful just for my own pleasure. For anyone living in a developed country such as the US, that isn't either too terribly poor to afford to be picky, or suffering from a health condition allergies or eating disorders that prevents it, there is a very real conflict between the supposed values of most of opposition to animal cruelty yet the purely voluntary continued funding of industrialized animal agriculture purely for our own enjoyment.

[@leosullivan9228]

Meet the Paleo. We evolved as apex omnivores. We deny that at our own risk. GMO corn-fed beef otoh, is a disruptive cultural excess

[@ntienseutuk3981]

Don't plants feel pain?

[@alexkodwiw2640]

same with religion. Beleiving in the bible but dealing with its contradictions and ludicrous stories

[@trollsearching8968]

Hilarious watching a cognitive dissonance video that tries to use Covid 19 especially with access to materials we have today.

[@dma2x.]

You obviously didn't understand the video then

[@trollsearching8968]

@@dma2x. thank you for displaying cognitive dissonance real time on here so others could see. That was very altruistic. Nice move my dude.

[@dma2x.]

@trollsearching8968 You know that cognitive dissonance isn't a bad thing right? EVERYONE experiences it. Decisions made because of it can range from good to bad to neutral...none of this is pushing an agenda

[@odinborson308]

People don't love animals, they just like them on varying degrees. That's why they are omnivorous.

[@gonebamboo4116]

1:12 viideo begins

[@jesseakers7298]

These are bad examples. Cigarettes is not cognitive dissonance. Nor is C19.

[@JoeZelensky]

Your 2nd example has not aged well, LOL

[@shizzle1903]

How to avoid CD- Don’t drink excessive alcohol.

[@theearthisntflatpleasestop9899]

This is the most bluepilled reddit take on CD I have ever seen.

[@Truthseeker424]

Covariant has not EVER been isolated, purified, & verified… you’re the one that needs to do more research.

[@rileyquinn8697]

not a cult lol

[@olheghtt]

This guy is spreading fake news himself 3:00

[@apurvashanker]

Lmao, I came looking for a comment like this.

[@olheghtt]

​@@apurvashanker glad I can help, now climb back under your rock if you please.

[@User24x]

A lot of Trumpers having cognitive dissonance in the comments. What a joke.

[@olheghtt]

This guy never actually talked about cognitive dissonance, he's only voicing his opinion on things that he wants to talk about he's using cognitive dissonance as his vehicle, this is a bad video.

[@stephenwalker850]

Is it anything like being in the orange order but believing you are not anti catholic 👮🏻‍♂️

[@leosullivan9228]

"I love animals!" Feeds kitty with canned ocean by-catch intelligent mammals etc.