RE: Cognitive dissonance
February 29, 2016 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2016 at 4:15 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(February 29, 2016 at 3:45 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Oxford dictionaries. Figures.
dictionary.com
cognitive dissonance
Word Origin
noun, Psychology.
1.
anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like, as when one likes a person but disapproves strongly of one of his or her habits.
Merriam-Webster
: psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously
The OP appears to be a minority position.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cognitive+dissonance
Perhaps he is, but IMHO he is right.
I see this as one more example of how the only thing consistent about the said dictionary authorities is just how consistently poor their logic is with the calls they make.
"Dissonance" means the opposite of harmony, which is conflict. This does not necessarily imply anybody's emotional state, regardless of what may be expected where cognitive dissonance exists, therefore these two dictionaries should not have made that jump.
Who besides those two dictionaries ever said that "cognitive dissonance" is strictly an intrapersonal state? We have plenty of cognitive dissonance brought to this site by theists with their ideas, and their failure to understand our painstaking explanations is due to cognitive dissonance caused by preconceived ideas which they are unable to see around. That's interpersonal, not intrapersonal! Cognitive dissonance causes some students to fail at certain subjects, and not for failure to try. Here's another example: Not everyone has full color perception, and some may not really know the difference between red, green, and grey. I don't see how there would have any way for this sort of condition to be intrapersonal, therefore it must be interpersonal with those who see all the colors. Do you think the above statements are really false?
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