
Cognitive Dissonance: This is why people get upset when you challenge what they hold most closely. Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The concept was introduced by the psychologist Leon Festinger (1919-89) in the late 1950′s. He and later researchers showed that, when confronted with challenging new information, [...]
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Nothing gets the passionate juices flowing like being an activist for a cause, resisting an evil, perceived or real, of a Goliath by taking on the role of David the Giant Slayer. All too often we allow ourselves to invest tremendous amounts of energy into a cause, first choosing a side, and then fighting for [...]
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Submit or rebel? If you were raised by parents who were not taught to “empower you as a child”, you probably grew up with an understanding that if you were yourself or did what you wanted, you were punished because being yourself was viewed as “wrong”. Or, you were made to feel guilty for what [...]
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