Matt Damon‚ in the movie "Good Will Hunting" is the epitome of a psychological paradigm. He can be analyzed in so many ways‚ touching on many of the different fields of psychology. The most interesting thing about Will is the cognitive dissonance he goes through throughout the film. He is torn between these two cognitions‚ both of which contradict each other. One of these cognitions is the fact that he is an orphan from South Boston‚ meaning he should only have a low pay job and live there for the rest
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They offered patience and understanding to make it appear as if the marriage was happy. Cognitive Dissonance is a feeling of discomfort caused by performing an action that is inconsistent with one’s belief (Franzoi‚ 2009‚ p.162). Basically it is a disagreement between one ’s personal beliefs and one ’s actions. It is the difference between how they would like to be and how they are. Cognitive dissonance is an aversive drive that causes people to (1) avoid opposing viewpoints‚ (2) seek reassurance
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Cognitive dissonance is a discomfort caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and actions.[2] Dissonance is also reduced by justifying‚ blaming‚ and denying. The phrase was coined by Leon Festinger in his 1956 book When Prophecy Fails‚ which chronicled the followers of a UFO cult as reality clashed with their fervent beliefs.[3][4] It
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The Film Crash COM 200 Interpersonal Communicati November 06‚ 2011 The Film Crash In the 2004 film Crash (Haggis)‚ several conflicts are explored between people living in a racially indicted city. While the conflicts occur at many levels between many people throughout the film‚ the most unproductive to watch as the viewer is the conflict between Daniel Ruiz‚ the locksmith‚ and Farhad‚ the shop owner. The conflict escalates as communication between the two breaks down over a language
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory was proposed by psychologist Leon Festinger to reason as to why humans change their behavior. According to Festinger‚ an individual has their beliefs (their perception of something) and these beliefs need to mirror their actions/behaviors in order for them to be at an equilibrium. If these two things are not aligned then this creates cognitive dissonance. It was proposed that‚ because humans do not like to be out of alignment‚ they will be motivated to either change their
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Festinger (1957) describes cognitive dissonance as the internal need for consistency between beliefs‚ attitudes‚ behaviors and actions also known as cognitions. When cognitions are misaligned a dissonance is created and human nature warrants the restoration of a harmonious balance. In order to shift this paradigm‚ we either accept our current situation as justification
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Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive Dissonance in Religion and Spirituality Chew Hock Kee Student ID: B1102483 Department of Psychology MC-502 Dr. Goh Chee Leong 27 Feb 2012 1 Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive dissonance theory was developed by Leon Festinger more than fifty years ago as the most influential consistency theory of attitudes (Fanzoi‚ 2009). This theory argues that we often justify and rationalise our behavior in order to maintain cognitive consistency (Franzoi)
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Cognitive Dissonance Classic in Psychology Areej Alemer [Instructor’s Name] [Class Title] [Date] Cognitive Dissonance Classic in Psychology Introduction There were famous experiments conducted in psychology and many of these experiments gave scientists a new perspective on understanding people. In the 1950s‚ scientists began conducting test about the effect of social pressures and influence to the behavior of people. Among these scientists is Leon Festinger. He became
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory Paper 1 Cognitive Dissonance Theory Paper Psy 400 Axia Online Cognitive Dissonance Theory Paper 2 Introduction The cognitive dissonance theory has many possible scenarios and examples chosen throughout life. The theory will be either enhanced or decreased depending on a number of factors such as the person’s moral values‚ social upbringing‚ and social status at work‚ religious
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Ferstinger in 1957 developed a theory of cognitive dissonance. His theory sugguest that we all have an inner drive to stay true to our attitudes and beliefs to keep a balanced life. When Ferstinger first introduced the term cognitive dissonance to indicate the discomfort we feel whenever we inconsistent notions at the same time. This discomfort or dissonance motivates us to expend behavioral effort to reduce it and restore cognitive consistency Cognitive dissonance is a situation that involes conflict
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