Cognitive Dissonance
| Definition: |
Motivational state produced by inconsistencies between simultaneously held cognitions or between a cognition and behavior; e.g., smoking enjoyment and believing smoking is harmful are dissonant. |
| Notes: |
no qualif |
| Previously Indexed: |
Cognition (1966-1968),Motivation (1966-1968) |
Cognitive Dissonance Definitions and Terms
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