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Ever wonder why? Why do folks in the face of irrefutable evidence REFUSE to hear or see and remain steadfast in their beliefs. Well, in the newsletter referenced in the snapshot they provide a wonderful explanation of what is going on in one's mind.
I get this email almost daily, Creative Writing Tips, to which I read often in my humble attempts to improve my writing. They, the CWT people, provide a good deal of education information about writing along with what follows, an interpretation of things or subjects or traits, etc., a writer may include within their writings.
In our lives as human beings we have to deal with a lot and one of the defense mechanisms the mind provides, for survival, is cognitive dissonance. Couple that with another subject called, “Bias,” and you will find a slew of things that effect what, when, where and how we do things every moment of every single day.
In the following the provided some excellent information on dissonance which I try to pass on to my fellow karate-ka whose disciplines lean heavily toward self-protection for self-defense BECAUSE these very concepts are often triggered, unconsciously and at the speed of light, when stressful situations arise that could lead to conflict and violence.
So, lets get going and here are the excepts and quotes on this most comfortable yet uncomfortable feeling we get because “UNDERSTANDING” leads to an ability to recognize it when it happens and best of all, when certain conditions begin to occur that will trigger you mind to say, “Uh-oh, gotta rein in the monkey so the lizard doesn’t go all survival mode on me!”
My sincerest thanks to the writers of “The Daily Writing Tips” newsletter and if you find this interesting you can visit them at the link in the reference at the end of this post and sign up to receive your own copy. You just never know what might be of great benefit to your efforts both in and out of the dojo.
A feeling of psychological discomfort that triggers a reaction that can cause a person to deny reality.
A form of psychological self-defense that we all practice.
- cognition (noun): the action or faculty of knowing taken in its widest sense, including sensation, perception, conception, etc., as distinguished from feeling and will.
- cognitive (adjective): of or pertaining to cognition, or to the action or process of knowing.
- dissonance (noun): lack of concord or harmony between things; disagreement, discord.
Festinger’s A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (1957) suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and behavior in harmony and avoid disharmony. This is known as the principle of cognitive consistency. When we do something or learn something that contradicts the attitudes and beliefs we already hold, we experience psychological discomfort. - Daily Writing Tips "Cognition and Cognitive Offshoots
Cognitive dissonance refers to the feelings of discomfort that arise when a person’s behavior or attitude is in conflict with the person’s values and beliefs, or when new information that is contrary to their beliefs is presented to them. People like consistency. They want the assurance that their values and beliefs have always been right. They always want to act in ways that are in line with their beliefs. When their beliefs are challenged, or when their behavior is not aligned with their beliefs, this creates a disagreement (dissonance).— “Understanding Cognitive Dissonance (and Why it Occurs in Most People).” by Anastasia Belyh
we live in an era of aggressive information overload. Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of Institute for the Future, warns that: [w]e are living in an unprecedented information environment. Our attention is monopolized and fractured by a multitude of devices, applications, websites, and notifications. Manipulation has never been so easy or so refined. And mass data surveillance enables exquisitely accurate targeting of manipulative information. Traditional strengths of democratic systems—diversity and freedom of expression—are making us particularly vulnerable to a growing army of media and information manipulators. - Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of Institute for the Future
Infodemic: onslaught of misinformation as a disease that threatens to infect the body politic. She regards the information manipulators as parasites and recommends that we strive to develop a cognitive immunity to protect our thinking from becoming infected with falsehood. - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO director-general (it would be wise to examine our reasoning and ascertain the validity of our evidence.)
Daily Writing Tips "Cognition and Cognitive Offshoots" posted: 06 October 2020 04:33 AM PDT
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