Sep

16

Cognitive dissonance

September 16, 2024 |

odds in favor of vp reaches maximum with a 6% lead over former Pres. and former Pres claims he won the debate handily. as Soros liked to say: the more he talked about his honesty, the more closely i counted my silver.

perfect example of cognitive dissonance in our time.

She attracted a group of followers who left jobs, schools, and spouses and who gave away money and possessions to prepare to depart on a flying saucer that, according to Mrs. Keech, would arrive to rescue the true believers. Given the believers’ serious commitment, Festinger wondered how they would react when the prophecy failed. He and his colleagues, posing as believers, infiltrated Mrs. Keech’s group and kept notes on the proceedings surreptitiously.

The believers shunned publicity while they awaited the flying saucer and the flood. But when the prophecy was disconfirmed, almost immediately the previously most-committed group members made calls to newspapers, sought out interviews, and started actively proselytizing.

Festinger was unsurprised by the sudden proselytizing after the prophecy’s disconfirmation; he saw the cult members as enlisting social support for their belief to lessen the pain of its disconfirmation. Their behaviour confirmed predictions from his cognitive dissonance theory, whose premise was that people need to maintain consistency between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

a question out of the blue????? "would you have a Republican in your cabinet?" one would like to have the moderators predicting stock prices?

Vic's X/twitter feed


Comments

Name

Email

Website

Speak your mind

Archives

Resources & Links

Search