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Define Cognitive Dissonance

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Define cognitive dissonance.


Definitions:

Identity Assimilation

Whitbourne’s term for effort to fit new experience into an existing self-concept.

Identity Style

The way an individual approaches forming and revising their personal identity and beliefs.

Accommodative

Adaptation by which the mind reconciles contradictory perceptions and adapts cognitive frameworks to account for new experiences.

Comprehensive

Covering or including everything, thorough and complete in scope or coverage.

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