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The Psych Files > Blog > Cognitive Dissonance

Episode 64: Self Help Book – How To Tell if It’s Any Good

  • Michael
  • July 21, 2008
  • 6 Comments

Self Help books: why are there so many out there? How do you choose? Can they cure depression? Help you lose weight? Stop smoking? Here’s a list of the top 14 things that really bother psychologists about self-help books.

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Episode 63: Cognitive Dissonance, the Monty Hall Problem and a Possible Resolution?

  • Michael
  • July 13, 2008
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Cognitive Dissonance – one of the most established and respected theories in psychology – is under attack. An economist – M. Keith Chen – uses what is called the “Monty Hall problem” to show that the research on cognitive dissonance may be seriously flawed.

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Episode 10: Cognitive Dissonance Strikes Again! What your search on Amazon says about you

  • Michael
  • April 12, 2007
  • 4 Comments

Here’s a unique example of cognitive dissonance theory: the information you pay attention to (and ignore) as you search around on Amazon.com How? Cognitive dissonance strikes again!

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Episode 8: Cognitive Dissonance Theory: Why Contradictions Bother Us So Much

  • Michael
  • March 20, 2007
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Every since Leon Festinger gave us the term cognitive dissonance, we’ve been asking questions about contradictions in human behavior. For example, can you be pro choice and against the death penalty, or vice versa?

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