Dissonance

• when having 2 conflicting cognitions you feel weird, so you just downplay one of the cognitions to accept the other
• more personal topic → more dissonance
• todo
• how to remedy dissonance
  • change belief
    • flying is not that bad for the environment
  • change action
    • not flying
  • change action perception
    • the plane would have gone anyway, I am not changing anything
• common reactions
  • todo
• example of using dissonance
• asking for a small favor of someone who hates you
• other person: “I hate them, but I helped them” → dissonance
• “helped them” is not debatable, “hate them” is debatable
• the hate dies down a bit