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COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

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Definitions of COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

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Motivational state produced by inconsistencies between simultaneously held cognitions or between a cognition and behavior; e.g., smoking enjoyment and believing smoking is harmful are dissonant.

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