RE: Cognitive dissonance
February 29, 2016 at 1:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2016 at 1:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Benny has the right of this, dissonance is not the existence or maintenance of contradictory, or seemingly contradictory positions..but the anxiety one feels in doing so. If religion helps people to reconcile the death of a loved one with their need to be -with- that loved one, for example, than the religious beliefs are mitigating dissonance one might feel in refusing to accept that their loved one is gone while knowing that their loved one is gone.
This isn't to say that it's good for you in toto, just that in context.....it can be a pro rather than a con. It may not be helpful or healthy in the larger, overall picture....but as far as dissonance is concerned......it works. Perhaps it;s effect is unreliable and non-uniform.....perhaps there is a better way to cope for any given individual or even -all- individuals....but can't we say that about any coping strategy?
This isn't to say that it's good for you in toto, just that in context.....it can be a pro rather than a con. It may not be helpful or healthy in the larger, overall picture....but as far as dissonance is concerned......it works. Perhaps it;s effect is unreliable and non-uniform.....perhaps there is a better way to cope for any given individual or even -all- individuals....but can't we say that about any coping strategy?
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