Podcasts about Leon Festinger

Sosial sammenligning er en universell menneskelig tendens som har dype røtter i vår evolusjonære historie. Ifølge sosial sammenligningsteori, først formulert av Leon Festinger i 1954, sammenligner vi oss selv med andre for å evaluere våre egne evner, prestasjoner og selvverd. Denne prosessen kan gi oss verdifull innsikt og motivasjon, men kan også ha negative konsekvenser når den blir overdreven. Dagens episode skal fokusere mest på overdreven sosial sammenligning, og hvordan det å sammenligne seg med menneske man anser er bedre, har mer suksess eller andre fordeler, kan føre til en kronisk følelse av å komme til kort, være mindre verdig, noe som igjen er driveren i blant annet lavt selvbilde, angst og depresjon. Det neste spørsmålet er hvordan man eventuelt kan slutte å sammenligne seg selv med andre på en måte som skaper dårlig livskvalitet. Her er det flere tiltak man kan gjøre, og det jeg fokuserer mest på er hentet fra såkalt metakognitiv psykologi. Det handler om å tenke på hvordan man tenker. Å tenke er en handling, ikke noe som bare skjer på automatikk, og hvis man anerkejner tenkning som en aktiv handling, kan man kanskje velge noe andre tanker enn de som fører oss inn på mentale blindveier. Det høres litt for enkelt ut, og jeg vil forsøke å overbevise deg om at det er ganske enkelt, men likevel en ferdighet få mestrer - Ikke fordi det er så vanskelig, men fordi man sjelden trener på det.Velkommen til en ny episode her på SinnSyn! Få tilgang til ALT ekstramateriale som medlem på SinnSyns Mentale Helsestudio via SinnSyn-appen her: https://www.webpsykologen.no/et-mentalt-helsestudio-i-lomma/ eller som Patreon-Medlem her: https://www.patreon.com/sinnsyn. For reklamefri pod og bonus-episoder kan du bli SinnSyn Pluss abonnent her https://plus.acast.com/s/sinnsyn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 199, cognitive dissonance, desiccated hags, a Trail of Tears and Ssehura Baartman — Almost two hundred episodes exploring a land rich with some of the earliest examples of human habitation. We need to assess what has happened — standing back a bit to view the scene from where we've arrived - 1853 in the main with a smattering of 1854. The amaXhosa had lost a great deal of land to the English Settlers, the Coloureds, Khoe and Boers, as well as the amaMfengu refugees who were allies of the colonists. The coloureds and Khoekhoe had then lost some of their land to the colonists post 8th Frontier War. Each epoch saw a tussle over the territory. AmaXhosa chiefs realised by the mid-Nineteenth century that they were fighting for survival. A semblance of joint understanding was starting to spread out from southern AFrica into the interior, but not in the sense of any co-ordinated response to a colonial threat. The vast majority of African chiefdoms facing expanding settler frontiers were still responding locally, their response fragmented because the vast majority of African chiefs still regarded each other as more dangerous enemies - so their joint response to this growing threat was haphazard. AS the first people's faced annhilation, what distinguished the amaXhosa in a kind of historical contradiction, is that they did not diminish the numbers after each pushback — their numbers actually increased. This is not what happened to the Khoe and San who were pushed off their land by the new arrivals, the Nguni, then the next arrivals, the Europeans. The First people's of south Africa almost disappeared from the landscape as they were defeated. Not so the amaXhosa. Last episode I spoke of the historical Doppler Effect, and how folks approach the past, and this episode it's Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance theory. A simple example of this is that when people smoke, and they know smoking causes cancer, they are in a state of cognitive dissonance. The behaviour is smoking, and knowing it causes cancer is the cognitive dissonance bit when they continue to puff away. When Individuals form a group try to avoid disharmony by seeking consistency in beliefs. This is a central tenant to being human. However, it was this basic principle that was going to lead to the coming Cattle Killing extravaganza. Mlanjeni's prophecy continued — despite the fact that he had failed in his mission, he had not failed in his message. It is not a surprise therefore to hear that the next complex prophet in our tale of magic and mystery hailed from southern Transkei, and lived alongside the Gxara River which is just north of the Great Kei River Mouth. This is a place I know well, having regularly hiked from the Kei mouth Ferry along the beach to a nearby place called Qholora near the Ngogwane River in the mid-1980s. The riverine bush here is thick, mysterious, ancient and haunting. It seeps into your consciousness like the fingers of God, prodding your imagination, assailing your senses with sight and sound — and smell. The reason for spending time on the flora is because the next character to emerge in this saga who is going to alter South African history was a young Xhosa girl, Nongqawuse. It is these sights and sounds, this landscape that etched into her mind because it was from inside this landscape from bushes growing near her village, two strangers would appear in a bush and tell her that salvation for the Xhosa lay in killing all their cattle.

Episode 199, cognitive dissonance, desiccated hags, a Trail of Tears and Ssehura Baartman — Almost two hundred episodes exploring a land rich with some of the earliest examples of human habitation. We need to assess what has happened — standing back a bit to view the scene from where we've arrived - 1853 in the main with a smattering of 1854. The amaXhosa had lost a great deal of land to the English Settlers, the Coloureds, Khoe and Boers, as well as the amaMfengu refugees who were allies of the colonists. The coloureds and Khoekhoe had then lost some of their land to the colonists post 8th Frontier War. Each epoch saw a tussle over the territory. AmaXhosa chiefs realised by the mid-Nineteenth century that they were fighting for survival. A semblance of joint understanding was starting to spread out from southern AFrica into the interior, but not in the sense of any co-ordinated response to a colonial threat. The vast majority of African chiefdoms facing expanding settler frontiers were still responding locally, their response fragmented because the vast majority of African chiefs still regarded each other as more dangerous enemies - so their joint response to this growing threat was haphazard. AS the first people's faced annhilation, what distinguished the amaXhosa in a kind of historical contradiction, is that they did not diminish the numbers after each pushback — their numbers actually increased. This is not what happened to the Khoe and San who were pushed off their land by the new arrivals, the Nguni, then the next arrivals, the Europeans. The First people's of south Africa almost disappeared from the landscape as they were defeated. Not so the amaXhosa. Last episode I spoke of the historical Doppler Effect, and how folks approach the past, and this episode it's Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance theory. A simple example of this is that when people smoke, and they know smoking causes cancer, they are in a state of cognitive dissonance. The behaviour is smoking, and knowing it causes cancer is the cognitive dissonance bit when they continue to puff away. When Individuals form a group try to avoid disharmony by seeking consistency in beliefs. This is a central tenant to being human. However, it was this basic principle that was going to lead to the coming Cattle Killing extravaganza. Mlanjeni's prophecy continued — despite the fact that he had failed in his mission, he had not failed in his message. It is not a surprise therefore to hear that the next complex prophet in our tale of magic and mystery hailed from southern Transkei, and lived alongside the Gxara River which is just north of the Great Kei River Mouth. This is a place I know well, having regularly hiked from the Kei mouth Ferry along the beach to a nearby place called Qholora near the Ngogwane River in the mid-1980s. The riverine bush here is thick, mysterious, ancient and haunting. It seeps into your consciousness like the fingers of God, prodding your imagination, assailing your senses with sight and sound — and smell. The reason for spending time on the flora is because the next character to emerge in this saga who is going to alter South African history was a young Xhosa girl, Nongqawuse. It is these sights and sounds, this landscape that etched into her mind because it was from inside this landscape from bushes growing near her village, two strangers would appear in a bush and tell her that salvation for the Xhosa lay in killing all their cattle.

Episode 031 - Sometimes…Actions Think Louder Than Thoughts The Influence Every Day Show with Dr. Ed Tori Episode Overview: In this episode, Dr. Ed Tori dives into an unconventional but powerful perspective on change: that actions can shape our thoughts, sometimes more profoundly than the reverse. While many self-help messages focus on shifting our mindset to drive behavior, Dr. Tori explores the overlooked approach of using action as a catalyst for internal transformation. Drawing on insights from thought leaders like Amy Cuddy, William James, and Robert Cialdini, this episode reveals why small, intentional actions may be the key to lasting growth in influence, leadership, and personal development. What You'll Learn: The Power of Action-Driven Change: Discover why shifting your actions can have a ripple effect on your thoughts, emotions, and even beliefs, challenging the traditional “thoughts-first” approach. Key Influence Insights: Learn from research and insights on how commitment and consistency influence belief formation (Leon Festinger), the role of body language in state management, and the science behind power poses. Practical Application: Get a glimpse into Dr. Tori's Influence Book Club, a community designed to help people transform insights from top influence and communication books into real, practiced skills. Practical Tools for State Management: Explore Dr. Tori's resource, “101 Ways to Manage Your State,” which provides actionable strategies to help you take control of your mental and emotional state. Access it at DrTori.com/101. Action as Habit-Building: Understand Aristotle's wisdom on habit and excellence—why repeated behaviors define us more than occasional good intentions. Memorable Quotes: “Sometimes, action thinks louder than thoughts.” “If you want to change your life, don't wait for your mindset to shift. Start with the action, and let your thoughts catch up.” “We become what we think, yes—but also what we repeatedly do.” Key Takeaways: Embrace the Behavior-First Approach: By changing your actions, you can influence your mental and emotional state in powerful ways. Smiling, adopting power poses, and managing your body language can change how you feel, not just how others see you. Consistency Builds Commitment: As seen in Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance, our actions often strengthen our beliefs and commitment. Taking even small steps in a particular direction can align our mindset over time. Join a Like-Minded Community: In the Influence Book Club, Dr. Tori not only helps others grow in their influence skills but puts action at the forefront, ensuring that members implement what they learn to create lasting impact in their communication and relationships. Connect With the Influence Community: If you're ready to dive deeper into actionable influence skills, join the Influence Book Club at InfluenceBookClub.com. Be part of a community that translates knowledge into impactful behaviors, transforming influence from theory to practice. Listener Challenge: Think of one small action you can take today to influence your mindset. Strike a power pose, put on a smile, or take one step toward a long-term goal. Notice the shift that a single behavior can have on your thoughts and emotions. Don't Forget to Rate and Share! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with someone who needs a boost in influence. Every recommendation helps grow our community of people committed to influencing for good.

Do you find yourself worrying about what others will think if you announce you've quit drinking? Are you concerned they'll label you an alcoholic? Why do we care so much about others' opinions on our drinking habits? Host James Swanwick traveled to the University of Cambridge to uncover the answers. In this episode, he sits down with Prof. Johnny Lawson, a leading expert in psychology and behavioral science at Cambridge, to explore why we're so preoccupied with others' thoughts. Dive into famous social psychology experiments, including those by Sigmund Freud, Solomon Asch, and Leon Festinger, to understand the deep-rooted fears that drive our need for approval. Tune in for a fascinating discussion on the psychology behind social anxiety and how to break free from it.   Download my FREE guide: The Alcohol Freedom Formula For Over 30s Entrepreneurs & High Performers: https://social.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/podcast ★ - Learn more about Project 90: www.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/Project90 ★ - (Accountability & Support) Speak verbally to a certified Alcohol-Free Lifestyle coach to see if, or how, we could support you having a better relationship with alcohol: https://www.alcoholfreelifestyle.com/schedule

En este episodio, abordo el tema de la comparación y cómo afecta nuestra autoestima y felicidad. Exploro el origen del deseo humano de compararse según teorías de autores como Leon Festinger, Sigmund Freud y Charles Darwin, y comparto contigo los efectos negativos de la comparación, como el sentimiento de inferioridad y la pérdida de identidad. Comparto también mi propia experiencia personal y te revelo estrategias prácticas para dejar de compararnos con los demás y centrarnos en nuestro propio progreso, como practicar la gratitud, establecer metas personales y limitar el uso de redes sociales. Finalmente, subrayo la importancia de recordar que la carrera es con uno mismo y de cuidar nuestro propio jardín en lugar de enfocarnos en el de los demás.

Carol Tavris - Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me   The Psychology of Self-Justification with Carol Tavris   In this episode, Aidan McCullen interviews Carol Tavris, co-author of 'Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me),' to explore the intricacies of cognitive dissonance, self-justification, and memory. They investigate why humans find it difficult to admit mistakes, even in the presence of irrefutable evidence. Through numerous case studies and real-world examples, they discuss the implications of these psychological mechanisms in areas as varied as personal life, law enforcement, and political decision-making. The conversation tackles how these insights can apply to everyone from parents and judges to business leaders and law enforcement, emphasizing the significance of humility, critical thinking, and the human tendency to rewrite personal histories to fit current beliefs. 00:00 Introduction to Self-Justification 01:14 Welcoming the Author: Carol Tavris 02:17 The Premise of the Book 03:06 Understanding Cognitive Dissonance 08:44 Memory and Self-Justification 14:43 Confabulations and False Memories 23:02 The Pyramid of Choice 32:42 Law Enforcement and Wrongful Convictions 37:58 The Importance of Correcting Interrogation Methods 38:33 The Impact of Miscarriages of Justice 38:55 Examples of Recognizing Mistakes 39:52 The 1980s and 90s Hysteria Over Child Abuse 40:21 The McMartin Daycare Scandal 41:06 Flawed Child Interrogation Techniques 42:58 A Case of Misunderstanding: Daddy's Pee Pee 44:53 The Emotional Toll of False Convictions 47:39 The Pyramid of Entrapment and Justification 48:48 The Influence of Bias in Decision Making 50:32 The Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in Medicine 52:06 Moral Choices and Life Decisions 54:55 Understanding and Living with Cognitive Dissonance 01:03:17 The Power of Admitting Mistakes 01:06:58 The Allure of Victim Narratives 01:08:40 Alien Abductions and Hypnagogic States 01:14:17 The Importance of Understanding Human Frailties   Find Carol here:    That Sarah Silverman interview:    Carol's books:    psychology, cognitive dissonance, self-justification, memory, mistakes, humility, ethics, law enforcement, interrogation, wrongful convictions, trauma, alien abductions, confirmation bias, leadership, decision making, self-concept, Carol Tavris (author), Aidan McCullen (host), Elliot Aronson (co-author), Leon Festinger (researcher on cognitive dissonance), James Thurber (author of The Wonderful O), Richard Feynman (scientist and quote source), Mary Carr (memoirist), Joseph Allen (wrongfully convicted), Ronald Reagan (Bitburg cemetery incident), Shimon Peres (comment on Reagan's mistake), Sarah Silverman (Louis C.K. controversy), Louis C.K. (comedian involved in controversy), Jeffrey Cohen (research on political bias), Lee Ross (naive realism), John Mack (psychiatrist on alien abductions), Susan Clancy (researcher on alien abductions), Rich McNally (memory scientist), Antonin Scalia (Supreme Court Justice), Clarence Thomas (Supreme Court Justice), Auburn Blooming (oncologist and co-author)

A deep dive into cults and church abuse In this episode we interview our very own Matt Boland about his deep dive and presentation on cults, how they operate, and how our churches can sometimes use similar bad practices. Along the way we discuss how unconditional love always beats conditional love and how we can learn to be leaders like Jesus.  If you are fascinated by cults, and how church leadership can go wrong (and do better) this is the one for you! Books we reference on the show: Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults, and Beliefs by Steven Hassan When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Check out our website for more resources! Thanks to Rex Daugherty for creating the original theme music for this podcast. He's an award-winning artist and you can check out more of his work at rex-daugherty.com

Welcome back to THE IAS COMPANION. Follow us on YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@IASCompanion⁠. Today, we will explore the field study method in psychology, a powerful research approach that allows psychologists to investigate behavior in its natural environment. This method is essential for understanding how people behave in real-world settings, free from the artificial constraints of a laboratory. Field studies involve observing and collecting data as behavior naturally occurs, capturing the complexity and authenticity of human actions.Applications range from social and educational psychology to environmental and organizational psychology, illustrated by classic studies like Elton Mayo's Hawthorne Studies and Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Study. #UPSC #IASprep #civilserviceexam #IASexamination #IASaspirants #UPSCjourney #IASexam #civilservice #IASgoals #UPSC2024 #IAS2024 #civilservant #IAScoaching #aUPSCmotivation #IASmotivation #UPSCpreparation #IASpreparation #UPSCguide #IASguide #UPSCtips #IAStips #UPSCbooks #IASbooks #UPSCexamstrategy #IASexamstrategy #UPSCmentorship #IASmentorship #UPSCcommunity #IAScommunity #UPSCpreparation #IASpreparation #UPSCguide #IASguide #UPSCtips #IAStips #UPSCbooks #IASbooks #UPSCexamstrategy #IASexamstrategy #UPSCmentorship #IASmentorship #UPSCcommunity #IAScommunity

Episódio publicado originalmente em 13 de julho de 2022. Ao deixar o pior governo desde a redemocratização, Jair Bolsonaro tinha 39% de aprovação. Neste episódio, usamos ferramentas da psicologia social e da neurociência para tentar explicar como funciona o cérebro das pessoas de direita e o que move os bolsonaristas irredutíveis. Entrevistado do episódio Davi Carvalho Cientista social, divulgador científico e doutorando em Ciência Política na Unicamp, com estágio doutoral no Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior – CB3 da Universidade de Nebraska-Lincoln, EUA. Criador do perfil do Instagram Política na Cabeça. Episódios relacionados 31: Profundezas da rede – Capítulo 1: O Tabuleiro 32: Profundezas da rede – Capítulo 2: As Peças 33: Profundezas da rede – Capítulo 3: O Jogo 69: Grana acima de tudo 70: Os generais e o cerco a Brasília Mergulhe mais fundo A cobertura e análise do julgamento de Aldolf Eichmann está no clássico de Hannah Aarendt: Eichmann em Jerusalém A história do disco voador que não chega em Chicago, está no livro de Leon Festinger e Cia.: When Prophecy Fails  A história da Teoria do Umbigo está no livro: As vinte mil léguas de Charles Darwin: O caminho até A origem das espécies  O estudo original de Dunnig e Kruger: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments  A revisão que coloca o efeito Dunning Kruger em cheque: The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real A revisão da revisão: Yes, The Dunning-Kruger Effect Really Is Real A história dos sequestradores estúpidos: The Dunnin-Kruger Hijack (podcast Cautionary Tales) O documentário de Stanley Milgram: Obedience (documentário de Stanley Milgram) Ted Talk que reintepreta a experiência Milgram: Releitura do Experimento MIlgram feito por Alexander Haslam (Ted Talk) A Ópera da Incompetência: The Incompetence Opera Ficha técnica Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama Mixagem: João Victor Coura Design das capas: Cláudia Furnari Trilha incidental: Blue Dots Concepção, apresentação, roteiro, e edição: Tomás Chiaverini Davi CarvalhoCientista social, divulgador científico e doutorando em Ciência Política na Unicamp, com estágio doutoral no Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior – CB3 da Universidade de Nebraska-Lincoln, EUA. Criador do perfil do Instagram Política na Cabeça.

(NOTAS Y ENLACES DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/203-el-misterio-de-la-vida-y-vi-mas-alla-de-la-muerte/)Tenía que pasar, después de toda la temporada hablando del misterio de la vida, de la consciencia y de todas esas cosas, era inevitable que acabáramos llegando aquí: a casi el final de la temporada (nos queda sólo un capítulo más después de éste) y, sobre todo, a qué demonios pasa cuando bajamos el telón de nuestras vidas. Que, a ver, no lo vamos a resolver, te lo digo ya. Pero creo que sí vamos a poder asomarnos a algunas ideas interesantes acerca de ese otro gran misterio de la vida del que no hemos hablado aún: el de qué puede haber más allá de ella. Tal vez, como en el estupendo relato corto de Andy Weir con el que comienza el capítulo, todo lo que nos rodea, una y otra vez a lo largo de los tiempos, no sea más que un huevo esperando a que nazcamos de verdad.Patrocinador del capítulo: Morfeo.com (150€ de descuento con el código KAIZEN) ¡Ya están abiertas las inscripciones para la 2ª edición del programa de desarrollo directivo y liderazgo que dirijo en Tramontana! ¿Te interesa? Toda la info aquí: https://www.tramontana.net/desarrollo-directivo-liderazgo¿Te gusta kaizen? Apoya el podcast uniéndote a la Comunidad y accede a contenidos y ventajas exclusivas: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/comunidad-kaizen/

אנחנו חיים באחת מהתקופות המאתגרות ביותר בהיסטוריה של מדינת ישראל וממשיכים להתנהל בשגרה. יש 133 חטופים שנמצאים בשבי החמאס בזמן שאנו קוראים בהגדה על יציאה מעבדות לחירות. קולגות, שכנים, חברים ובני משפחה שלנו היו במילואים חצי שנה בזמן שאנחנו קמנו לעבודה בבוקר והשכבנו את הילדים לישון בערב.כולנו חווים את אי הנוחות הפסיכולוגית הזו באופן יומיומי.תופעה זו נקראת דיסוננס קוגניטיבי ועליה נדבר במהלך הפרק.~~~

In 1972, at the liberal Vassar College in New York, 18-year-old Rick Shenkman stood out for his unwavering support of Richard Nixon, especially as the Watergate scandal unfolded. His unconditional allegiance raises a perplexing question - why would a bright, well-educated student overlook the facts and maintain blind faith in the president?In this episode, Matthew Syed delves into one of the most intriguing facets of human psychology - cognitive dissonance. Conceptualised by Leon Festinger in the 1950s, cognitive dissonance refers to the mental discomfort a person experiences when they hold contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes simultaneously, or when their behaviour conflicts with their beliefs or values. While we all encounter cognitive dissonance in our daily lives, its underlying mechanisms often remain unnoticed despite their profound impact. Featuring journalist and historian Rick Shenkman, Professor Elliot Aronson, Professor Matt Johnson and Princeton University graduate student, Logan Pearce. Presenter: Matthew Syed Producer: Julien Manuguerra-Patten Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey Sound Design and Mix: Daniel Kempson Theme Tune by Ioana Selaru A Novel production for BBC Radio 4

Links: Go to episode page (with supporting links/resources) Subscribe to PREMIUM Learn more about Sigma Nutrition Crushing Comparisons course About This Episode: Social comparison theory, developed by psychologist Leon Festinger in the 1950s, posits that individuals determine their own social and personal worth based on how they stack up against others. This theory suggests that people engage in social comparisons to evaluate their abilities, opinions, and attributes, often choosing relevant others for comparison. In the realm of body image and self-perception, social comparison theory becomes particularly pertinent, as individuals tend to assess their own bodies in relation to societal ideals and the bodies of others. This process of comparison can have profound implications for body dissatisfaction and the development of disordered eating patterns. This raises thought-provoking questions about the impact of social comparison theory on body image and eating behaviors. In this episode, Shannon Beer explores these questions and offers valuable insights into the complex interplay between societal influences, individual perceptions, and the development of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. About The Guest: Shannon Beer is a registered nutritionist, health and confidence coach and certified Compassionate Mind Training facilitator. Shannon works with people aiming to improve their health through facilitating lasting behaviour change in their approach to diet, exercise and body image. She has developed a coaching framework that applies motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral coaching, and acceptance and commitment therapy-aligned processes in a client-centered alliance toward their own values-based goals.

Elliot Aronson is one of the preeminent psychologists of the 20th century — his mentors were Abraham Maslow and Leon Festinger, and his award-winning psychology textbooks are seminal even for non-psychologists. Adam asks Elliot about his pioneering work on making mistakes and cognitive dissonance, or the discomfort we feel when we realize that our attitudes or actions contradict our values. Then, the two discuss the dangers (and upsides) of rationalizing our beliefs — and strategies for making better decisions while keeping an open mind. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

Elliot Aronson is one of the preeminent psychologists of the 20th century — his mentors were Abraham Maslow and Leon Festinger, and his award-winning psychology textbooks are seminal even for non-psychologists. Adam asks Elliot about his pioneering work on making mistakes and cognitive dissonance, or the discomfort we feel when we realize that our attitudes or actions contradict our values. Then, the two discuss the dangers (and upsides) of rationalizing our beliefs — and strategies for making better decisions while keeping an open mind. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

This week we meet two prophets, separated by half a world, and three centuries. One is the self appointed son of God, the other talks with Aliens. What happens to prophets, and more importantly - their followers, when prophesies fail? (This episode is a re-do of 2021's Dorothy Martin's Flying Saucer.) Trigger Warning: I hadn't scheduled this with the current situation in Palestine/Israel in mind, but the episode discusses a claimant for the role of Jewish Messiah. I don't know if this needs a trigger warning, but better safe than sorry?  Sources Include:  I wrote this a long time ago, and can only say on polishing the old script, I reopened When Prophesy Fails  by Leon Festinger. and Madame Blavatsky by Marion Meade. Support the show on Patreon for $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content, or Try our 7 Day Free Trial.  Please leave Tales a like and a review wherever you listen. The best way you can support us is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly.   Tales of History and Imagination is on  | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok | Threads | Instagram | YouTube |  Music, writing, narration, mixing mostly yours truly.   Visit Simone's  | About Me | Twitter |   

HEALTH NEWS   Omega-3 levels linked with lung health maintenance Turmeric Extract Strikes to the Root Cause of Cancer Malignancy Type 2 diabetes: Ultra-processed foods may cancel out benefits of Mediterranean diet  Vasectomy linked with aggressive prostate cancer risk Drinking kombucha may reduce blood sugar levels in people with type-two diabetes The magic number: How many days a week you need to exercise to see real benefit Survival in the New Woke Order Authors Richard Gale and Dr. Gary Null “We have this ability in Lake Wobegon to look reality right in the eye and deny it.” -- Garrison Keillor     Keen observers of history realize that the US and the West have entered a new Dark Age. The light of reason and the capacities for critical thought are rapidly being snuffed out by widespread emotional immaturity.  The erosion of American culture has largely been the result of a decades' long merger of adolescent attitudes and the corporate commodification of human life and values. Mass culture, Hannah Arendt observed, was not culture but personal entertainment, or better stated self-aggrandizement. Our civilizational collapse into intellectual darkness and the catastrophic failure in democracy were presciently predicted by many of our wisest cultural critics such as Lewis Lapham, Morris Berman, and Robert Kaplan two decades ago.  Likewise, earlier works of science fiction such as Fahrenheit 451, The Perfect Day and The Canticle for Leibowitz describe not only the dystopian triumph of a puerile citizenry blindly subservient to the tricks and treats disbursed by an elite corporate and political class, but also the consequences of the intentional disorientation of a distracted human mind. Aldous Huxley perfectly predicted our times in Brave New World. Hungarian-born journalist and author Arthur Koestler (d. 1983) envisioned a future America being populated with human automatons in a replay of the fall of the Roman Empire; at such time the US will have turned into a “soulless, politically corrupt, everybody-for-himself civilization.” Although these modern critics and fiction authors may not have foreseen the exact structures and popular social values society has now transitioned into, such as the worst expressions of critical race theory's inverted racism, institutionalized woke culture, endemic mental disorders, and growing gender dysphoria, they nevertheless accurately observed the trends that have led America to this impasse of moral anarchy.  Critical race theory and the woke movement will never democratize society; rather it will further erode universal ethical norms to a cacophony of subjective emotions and aberrant personal beliefs felt at any given moment. These mythologies about race and gender, which are mistaken for hard truths, now permeate our elementary schools and universities, which are being fashioned into what Morris Berman calls “a gigantic dolt-manufacturing machine.” And the global elite, political legislators and pseudo-intellectuals dominating our educational institutions, willingly or not, declare this feat of social deterioration as a political victory. At the core of our society's collective daze in the marketplace of frivolous pursuits resides a deep existential emptiness. In particular this vacuity of a life enriched by meaning and purpose is being acted out by the younger generations.  In 2022, the national suicide rate again rose to 14.3 suicides per 100,000; two years earlier 5.2 million either planned or attempted to take their lives. The prevalence of gender dysphoria continues to rise significantly and starts at younger ages. Although the percentage of people either professionally or self diagnosed, with gender dysphoria remains very small, it has nevertheless been raised to a level of national priority at the expense of other mentally and physically handicapped persons that make up 27 percent of the population.  This brief reference above noting the consequences of the dark abyss at the center of American culture only highlights a small sliver of the consequences of the intellectual ignorance underlying critical race theory and woke culture. During the past five years, there has been an aggressive encroachment of woke and postmodern race ideologies into every aspect of society: local school boards, college campuses, corporations' human resources, and the halls of federal and state legislative bodies. The leaders of this trend are by no means our culture's best and brightest; rather those are the first to find themselves cancelled or handed their termination papers. Rather it is the activists who shout the loudest who manage to be heard. Those of us who critically recognize social dynamics observe this hysterical phenomenon with credulous amusement. When Tucker Carlson reports about a woman who wouldn't change a baby's diaper unless she received the infant's permission, the sane among us step back and wonder what the hell is going on. Self-righteous university students demand professors abide by their demands and teach only what they want. Those teachers who stand up for educational integrity and the teaching profession's tradition, are ostracized. Students petition college administrators to have dissenting un-woke professors fired.  What is especially notable is how rapidly this raging woke and inverse racist movement has become incorporated into our public and private institutions.  This includes the adolescent tantrums by political parties to censor their opponents, pass laws banning certain kinds of free speech and the gradual erasure of social norms of binding relationships that fueled the founding of the nation. None of this could have happened if the majority of Americans were not asleep. In the twenty-first century we can agree that equality is crucial for harmonizing the historical aberrations such as slavery and the denigration of women and gays that have haunted us through the generations. Everyone should be able to have the opportunity to succeed in reaching their goals. However, despite the new woke and critical race movements' condemnation of meritocracy, its followers demand the same out come.  Of course, once Rome passed a certain threshold after several centuries of decline, its final collapse accelerated quickly.  This is the nature of entropy. Aside from the enormous disparity in wealth between Rome's social classes, a perpetual war economy, widespread political corruption and the decline in literacy, Roman society was also plagued by a mental virus of magical thinking and superstition. In our own time, the level of American illiteracy is astounding. The average American likewise lives in a garbage heap of superstitious hopes for a utopian carnival where a superficial free thought reigns; however, at the same time a future utopia requires a new vocabulary and the banning of words the new woke order finds personally offensive. Following the warnings of social psychologist Leon Festinger in the 1950s, the American populace is being “deindividuated.” Deindividuation is a state whereby individuals lose their sense of self-awareness and their realistic and healthy personal identity in order to become part of a crowd that opposes other crowds. Normal moral restraints are cast aside and replaced by impulsive and deviant behavior. The entire woke narrative now giving way to antisocial behavior is a notable consequence of the deindividuation being approved by government and private industry. Deindividuation reinforces illiteracy and blatant stupidity. For example, when Democrats brought Aimee Arrambide, an executive for an abortion rights organization, before the House Judiciary Committee to give testimony, she claimed men could get pregnant and have abortions. Again we are reminded of Jefferson's words “Illiteracy is the enemy of progress and the ally of tyranny.” Dr. Henry Nasrallah, editor in chief of the journal Current Psychiatry, remarks that we are in a historical moment when “the passage of time ruthlessly increases the entropy of everything in life.”  We not only witness entropy in civilizations and societies, but also in our possessions, dwellings, businesses, and our physical body and mental faculties. Therefore, new energy must be invested in order to slow or reverse entropic processes. Yet without the restraints of a new constructive and restorative vision, entropy runs amok. During the dramatic public shock triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns, social distancing, business and school closures, and financial loss, there was a parade of incessant media porn reminded us repeatedly that death could knock on our door at any moment. The federal government's and medical establishment's gross negligence on multiple fronts during the pandemic gave rise to a rapid degeneration of America's social order. Distress from the loss of normalcy accelerated the nation's collective psychological entropy; this in turn contributed to resurrected racial tensions, hateful biases, toxic relationships, drug addiction and suicide, permissible crime, homelessness, rampant disinformation across mainstream media, the implosion of social norms, a psychological disoriented citizenry and a ruthless cancel culture that is utterly intolerant of others' beliefs. Remarkably, the mobs in the street are little more than bland reflections, a Jungian shadow, of the instability and disorder created by the agents of chaos and entropy who sit in the seats of power. “Just as the individual has a shadow,” wrote Jung, “so does society at large. And just as the individual must come to terms with his shadow so too must society if it is to be healthy and whole.” The rising psychological deindividuation and existential angst infecting our youth over their self-identity, gender, moral alienation and a lack of existential purpose in our technological driven materialistic society has reduced our youth to sentient robots screaming for self-expression.  This is a cause for today's woke groupthink contributing to social and political unrest with its destructive outcomes. Or as Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell warned, the “collective passions” have a penchant to inflame “hatred and rivalry directed towards other groups.” Despite the original values of American liberalism and non-dogmatic healthy skeptical inquiry, today's Left has perverted its own legacy.  The woke have become every bit as intolerant and wrong-headed as the most zealous fundamentalist on the Right. This “exclusivist humanism,” as the prominent cultural philosopher Charles Taylor has termed it, is giving rise to a faux universalism. The new woke order's myopic obeisance increasingly relies on the secular power structure of the ruling elite that in turn legislates on its behalf to marginalize and imprison alternative belief systems that do not embrace a secular universalism. Hence the new radical Left no longer tolerates the diversity of traditional beliefs and worldviews. The entropic descent into irrational hostility, collective emotional hysteria, and what the Russian-American sociologist Pritrim Sorokin called  “cultural schizophrenia,” clings desperately to a grossly materialistic society and a fragile false sense of individuality, an empty void, which is completely divorced from any deeper purpose in life. America is a “society in chains,” an expression stated by Nelson Mandela to describe a citizenry psychologically crippled for making informed decisions and incapable of participating thoughtfully in a democratic process. Consequently, a democratic renaissance, a new energy to reverse entropy, can only proceed following a revitalization of moral and spiritual values that have universal appeal, which respects pluralist ideals both within and beyond national borders. To be worthy of participating in any viable possibility for a democracy in the 21st century, it is necessary to return to becoming John Adams' “moral people.”

Cognitive dissonance is defined by Leon Festinger as "The state of tension that occurs when a person holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent with each other." In this episode, I share how cognitive dissonance came into play in my marital relationship and how I broke free and stood in my truth.

This week, my good friend Steve Berg (Host of the wonderful podcast, Hi, Strangeness) returns to the pod to talk about Nebraska weirdness, the old guard and their old ways, making friends in paranormal circles, and we recommend a ton of books! Steve's List Alien Dawn by Colin Wilson Above Top Secret by Timothy Good Origins of the Gods: Qesem Cave, Skinwalkers, and Contact with Transdimensional Intelligences by Andrew Collins & Gregory L. Little Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults by Jacques Vallee Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Other World by Patrick Harpur Operation Trojan Horse: The Classic Breakthrough Study of UFOs by John Keel People of the Web: What Indian Mounds, Ancient Rituals, and Stone Circles Tell Us About Modern UFO Abductions, Apparitions, and the Near Death Experience by Gregory L. Little Rob's List Somewhere in the Skies by Ryan Sprague The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs by Mark O'Connell The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials by Patrick Huyghe (Illustrations by Harry Trumbore) Synchronicity: Science, Myth and the Trickster by Allan Combs and Mark Holland When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken & Stanley Schachter Saucers, Spooks and Kooks: UFO Disinformation in the Age of Aquarius by Adam Gorightly Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens by John E. Mack The Humanoids by Charles Bowen Dimensions: A Case Book of Alien Contact by Jacques Vallee Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact by Jacques Vallee Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception by Jacques Vallee UFOs and Abductions in Brazil by Irene Granchi UFOs Over Africa by Cynthia Hind It Defies Language! by Greg Bishop Theme song: "Ufo" by Floats, available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify Logo designed by Megan Lagerberg T-Shirt Designs by The Great Desdymona Welcome UFO People Prints Are Now Available!  Check out ourstrangeskies.com for all things related to the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Shapiro is an award winning filmmaker, writer, & podcaster. He directed the film Islam & the Future of Tolerance, based around a post 9/11 conversation between Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz. He produces and creates a wide range of content, writes on his "What Jay Thinks" blog & hosts the Dilemma podcast - I had the pleasure of being his guest for a Dilemma hangout about Sentientism back in 2020. He loves thoughtful deep dives into philosophy, psychology, & political analysis. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is ⁠⁠here on YouTube⁠⁠. We discuss: 00:00 Welcome 01:54 Jay Intro - The Essential #samharris series - Documentary & narrative film-making - "I really want to understand ideas... and transmit those to an audience... even if I totally disagree with the idea" 03:16 What's Real? - Growing up in a secular #Jewish household - "Post-holocaust American judaism is it's own brand... a very ethical & political tribe more than a religious one" - "Never again becomes the holiest prayer" - Psychologist dad, guidance counsellor mum - "I'm a boring naturalist but... I love analogies for what it feels like to exist" - Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five "Oh... This is what I like" - An over-active imagination as a kid... "my scientists", The Truman Show, solipsism, Philip K Dick & #scifi - #Meditation, #psychedelics, religious experiences... "scrambles the dials" - Donald Hoffman's "The Case Against Reality" - How evolution shapes our construction of experiences of reality - Psychedelics help us "catch it in the act" of reality construction - "There's much more out there" e.g. non-human sentient experiences - "It reminds you of the expansiveness of reality rather than show you a new one" - The National High School Ethics Bowl - Anil Seth's "How your brain hallucinates reality" @TED - Annika Harris's exploration of consciousness theories re: "The Hard Question" - "Reality is awesome enough - who needs magic" (I mis-spoke!) - Epistemological tests?: atheism, veganism, spherical earth... - Writing about Sam Harris, not for him - Object-oriented ontology - #psychology "I don't think we're the rational animal... we're the rationalising animal" - How people respond to #cognitivedissonance (Leon Festinger) "they really don't like it" - Criticising #consequentialism "you can justify anything... wait long enough and the consequences will work out... where do you stop the clock... too easy to find an out" - #Virtueethics "Secular virtue" (vs. religious views of virtue) - What happens after noticing the cognitive dissonance. More about psychology & values more than epistemology? - Coping mechanisms. Consequentialism, capitalism, economics... give people outs to "quiet these voices in their heads" - Neil Levy "people are more rational than you think" https://youtu.be/Tp40ga1cXEc - Qanon, Goop products... everyone selects evidence/sources to suit themselves - Believing unfounded things can be a "rational" response to existential crises / the discomfort of cognitive dissonance 37:45 What Matters? - "There is no grounding (to ethics)" - David Hume's "unbreachable" is-ought chasm - "If you hate Sam (Harris) I think you'll like a lot of what I do there" (the Foundations of Morality episode of The Essential Sam Harris - There is a relationship between is and ought but "It's up to us to define that relationship" 58:50 Who Matters? 01:50:49 How Can We Make A Better Future? ...and much more. Full show notes at ⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at ⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠. Join our ⁠⁠"I'm a Sentientist" wall⁠⁠ via ⁠⁠this simple form⁠⁠. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is ⁠⁠here on FaceBook⁠⁠. Come join us there!

Eric chats with Elliot Aronson, Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz. Elliot is one of the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th century. He is known for his work on cognitive dissonance, where people do crazy things but not for crazy reasons, as he puts it, and the Jigsaw Classroom, intended to establish cooperation in competitive environments. He is the only person ever to receive all major awards from the American Psychological Association: for writing, research, and teaching.In this chat, Eric and Elliot go into a deep dive into the history of psychology and Elliot's role in it. What was it like working with the influential psychologists Abraham Maslow and Leon Festinger? Why did these two people dislike each other so much? How did racial segregation motivate Elliot's research? How can research ever address big social problems? Why are the 2010s the “decade of dissonance”?WE NOW HAVE A SUBSTACK! Stay up to date with the pod and become part of the ever-growing community :) https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/If you found this episode interesting at all, consider leaving us a good rating! It just takes a second but will allow us to reach more people and make them excited about psychology.Links:Elliot's book on dissonance and self-justificationElliot's book introducing social psychologyEric's websiteEric's Twitter @EricNeumannPsyPodcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPodPodcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/Let us know what you think of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

This episode explores titles and the weight we put on them, either professionally or personally. This leads directly into the Social Comparison Theory, which was discovered in 1954 by psychologist Leon Festinger. Can you imagine what he would be thinking with all of the comparing via social media now?! Ginny talks about upward & downward comparison and the benefits & dangers of comparing. And of course, there's a reference on comparing as it relates to narcissism. Theodore Roosevelt called comparison "the thief of joy." Do you find meaning in your title(s)? Is your joy being stolen from comparison? There are some helpful reminders in this episode to keep us on track with what really matters. Ginny's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginnypriem/ Ginny's Website: www.ginnypriem.com Dr. Steven Dayan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevendayan/ Psychology Today Article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/social-comparison-theory --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ginny-priem/message

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Alieni, dischi volanti, dissonanza cognitiva e sette. Il fil rouge che unisce tali grandezze è di certo la psicologia sociale di Leon Festinger. Lo studioso ci racconta, a cavallo tra il 1954 e il 1955, l'incredibile storia vera della setta capitanata da Marian Keech, che avrebbe predetto la fine del mondo appunto nel dicembre del 1954. Esplora la dissonanza cognitiva nel nuovo format di Giallo psicologico, dove andremo alla scoperta dei libri più famosi che trattano argomenti curiosi o fatti di cronaca nera che hanno fatto la storia della psicologia.Clicca e vai al il libro "quando la profezia non si avvera" di Leon Festinger (Autore), Henry W. Riecken (Autore), Stanley SchachterQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/4563000/advertisement

We all compare ourselves. It's human nature! In this episode we learn about the social comparison theory made famous by Leon Festinger in 1954, how to compare ourselves in a less judgmental way, what it means to make temporal comparisons and how we can learn from the comparison tricks people use with money.  Instead of trying to stop the comparison tide completely, this episode is about using our natural ability to compare in a way that is more helpful for you and your finances.As always, I love to hear from you! If you like this episode or others, please share with a friend, leave a rating or review, or email me at onelessthingpodcast@gmail.com. Thanks!3 Reasons to Stop Comparing Yourself by Psychology TodayDebt Statistics How to Stop Comparing YourselfWhat is Social Comparison TheorySocial Comparison Theory Defined

Matt explores the findings of Leon Festinger who was trying to figure out how people like to arrange themselves into groups, peer groups, social groups, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And so he started really trying to get an understanding of what that means. It's hard to measure yourself against other people in your peer group because peer groups are now infinitely huge and you make certain assumptions about who is and isn't in your peer group. People used to watch the Kardashians. How in the world can we relate to these people even though we live vastly different lives? What are the consequences of comparing ourselves to others? George Bush buys socks from Walmart and that look at how he's one of us makes him relatable. It was such an opportunistic, and it depends on which side of the political spectrum you live on, and how you react to that. But that was publicity. It was great publicity. Exactly. But that makes him relatable. And so what we're seeing in this day and age of the influencer, et cetera, et cetera, these people want to be relatable to the maximum number of people possible. And so they can afford and can curate the experience of seeing them, of, quote-unquote being with them in a very relatable way. And so you start to, we can't help it. It's kind of like we're wired to compare ourselves to these people and you can't compare yourselves to them. But we do, but we can't help it. And so this is why sometimes we get excited when we view one of these like pop celebrities as being bad. But that makes us quote-unquote "feel better about ourselves" because we can't help but compare ourselves to others in our peer groups. And also, and this is a really messed up part, is, once we've decided who's in our peer group, we will literally go out of our way to keep them in our peer group to keep them down. The Social Comparison Theory [00:00:00] FAWN: Welcome back everybody. Hello. Hello. How are you? [00:00:04] MATT: Hello everyone. [00:00:05] FAWN: What are you up to? Hello Martin. Hello, Wendy. Hello, everyone. Everybody, everybody. Everybody around the world. Hello, France. Hello around the world. Matt, you've been looking into something. I have [00:00:23] MATT: Right. It's the darnest thing. You go shooting down a rabbit hole, somebody puts three words together and all of a sudden, [00:00:28] FAWN: bam. How did it happen? How did you come across this thing? [00:00:31]

Geçtiğimiz hafta, Kasım ayının son Çarşamba günü Kitap Kulübümüzün 23üncü buluşmasında Carol Tavris & Elliot Aronson'dan Hatalar Psikolojisi'ni konuştuk. Bu bölümde her zaman olduğu gibi katılımcılarımızın kitaba ilişkin görüşlerine yer veriyorum. Tavris ve Aronson sosyal psikoloji alanında çalışan bilim insanları. Kitabın orijinal adı “Mistakes were made” (but not by me) Bu politikacıların sorumluluk almadan yaptıkları itiraflara gönderme yapıyor. Yani bazı hatalar yapıldı ama yani ben yapmadım, benim kabahatim, ihmalim yok. Bunu Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Kissenger, Bush gibi politikacılardan örnekler vererek anlatıyor. Kitabın tamamı aslında bilişsel uyumsuzluk adı verilen Amerikalı sosyal psikolog Leon Festinger'in teorisi hakkında. Ki Aronson da onun öğrencisi. Bilişsel uyumsuzluk, bireyin inanç, davranış, söylem, değer ve fikirleri arasında bir çelişkiyle karşı karşıya kaldığı durumlarda ortaya çıkıyor. Kitapta çok çarpıcı bir tespit var. Tutarsız davranan bazı insanların bizi kandırmaya çalıştığı yanılgısına düşebiliyoruz, aslında onlar kendilerini kandırıyorlar. Kitabın arka yazılarından biri bunu güzel özetliyor. “Sevgililerin, avukatların, doktorların, politikacıların; herkesin kendi kendini nasıl kandırdığına dair etkileyici bir çalışma… Sunduğu bilimsel kanıtlar, gerçekçi ve sağduyulu cazibesi nedeniyle, Hatalar Psikolojisi oldukça inandırıcı. Bu kitabı okuyarak, liderlerimizin, sevdiklerimizin ve -dürüst davranırsak- kendimizin davranışlarını anlayabiliriz; insanın doğasının bazı şaşırtıcı gizemleri daha açık görünmeye başlayabilir. Kitabın sonunda hatalı adımlarımızı kabul etmekten kaçınmamızı sağlayan yöntemler, çok daha aşina hale geliyor. Biz -ve bizi yönetenlerle bize yol gösterenler- yalnızca “Ben bir hata yaptım, özür dilerim” demenin gücünü ve değerini bir anlasak, bizim ve herkesin hayatının ne kadar olumlu bir yönde etkileneceğinin farkına varırız.” Evet dilerseniz şimdi sohbetimize kulak verelim. Söz alan arkadaşlar sırasıya (02:42) Aycan Acar Şahin, (05:12) Yavuz Abut, (06:43) Halime Özben Hacı, (09:21) Yavuz Abut, (10:15) Aycan Acar Şahin, (11:07) Yasemin Parlak Demir, (12:51) Selim Uysal, (14:18) Alim Küçükpehlivan, (16:42) Betül Emre, (17:50) Yasemin Parlak Demir, (19:21) Yavuz Abut

The Leon Festinger quote about an individual being unwilling to change their mind is from The Parasitic Mind (pp. 141-142). The personal anecdote about the "anti-Semitism" of the ancient Greeks can be found in The Parasitic Mind (pp. 12-13). _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted earlier today (November 24, 2022) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1487: https://youtu.be/SXEJODfdZYg _______________________________________ The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now. https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________  

Kognitiv dissonans er et begrep fra sosialpsykologen Leon Festinger i 1954. Navnet høres kanskje litt tørt og teoretisk ut, men det er et svært spennende tema! Her snakker vi om konsekvensene av det å ha to eller flere uforenelige tanker i hodet, samtidig. Dette fører til en indre uro og et ubehag i kroppen, og vi ender med å gjøre ting vi ikke tenkte å gjøre, og vi skuffer oss selv og/eller andre. Teorien har vært gjenstand for mye diskusjon og forskning, og betraktes som et viktig prinsipp for å forstå både motivasjon og holdningsendring. Når du får større innsikt i hva som skjer, har du også en mye større sjanse til å kunne gjøre noe med det. Og tankene dine kan du styre mer enn du kanskje visste. Her er link til The Stanford PrisonExperiemnt gjort av ZImbardo I 1971som jeg nevner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRR7CwdHxUE Og Milgrams sitt studie som Sigurd snakker om https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YOox59J0Bk Om du vil lære mer https://www.mittpusterom.com/

The theory of cognitive dissonance was proposed in the 1930s by psychologist Leon Festinger. His argument was that the human mind is only very rarely in a state of cognitive equilibrium because we are constantly exposed to beliefs, information, ideas, judgments - things he called our cognitions - that contradict our existing ones. This causes us psychological discomfort, which he labeled dissonance. It won't stop us in our tracks, but we don't like it. Like a headache or toothache, it's annoying and so we're motivated to try and get rid of it. Simplifying a great deal, there are essentially two ways to do that - elimination or the use of information. We can either reject the cause of the dissonance ("I don't believe it, it's fake news") or we are motivated to seek information that justifies our investment decision. Understanding how cognitive dissonance can bias our investment decision making, and recognising when our behaviour is being driven by it, is vital. - Herman Brodie, Prospecta. Earn 0.75 CE/CPD hrs on Portfolio Construction Forum https://portfolioconstructionforum.edu.au/article/4088/investors-are-blind-to-what-they-do-not-want-to-see

In today's episode, Sue and Alex discuss the thief of joy—comparison. Listen in as they talk about how comparison can creep in, affect you, how to get out of the rut, and even how to leverage it as a positive. As always, it is our goal not only to supply you, the listener, with valuable insights on the topics or questions but also to plant some seeds for further research and thought. Without further ado, let's get into today's episode. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (0:44) Ways comparison can creep into your life (7:31) How comparison can negatively affect you (10:19) The benefit of having a short-term memory (12:57) Surrounding yourself with people who want to improve themselves (15:54) Focus on improving at long-term tasks (22:18) What can you do when you're struggling with comparison? (with a real-world example) (26:22) Using comparison to learn from others (29:07) Confidence & self-belief (36:18) Training your mind & how you think (38:44) Triggers—when to face them & when to avoid them (44:29) Using comparison for motivation (46:36) Grounding yourself with gratefulness (48:08) Celebrating others (55:55) Some final quick tips (1:01:54) Wrap-up Additional Resources: A Theory of Social Comparison Processes by Leon Festinger - https://bit.ly/3Qcvql4 Band tee sale! 10% off for podcast listeners. Use code PDPOD at checkout - https://physiquedevelopment.com/product-category/gear/ Have questions for future episodes or have a topic you'd like us to cover? Submit them here - https://forms.gle/AEu5vMKNLDfmc24M7 Looking to hire the last coach you'll ever need? Apply here - https://physiquedevelopment.typeform.com/to/ewAMxk1w Interested in competition prep? Apply here - https://physiquedevelopment.typeform.com/to/Ii2UNA Join the Physique Development Training Club - https://physiquedevelopment.app For more videos, articles, and information, head to: https://physiquedevelopment.com To follow the team on Instagram: Coach Alex - @alexbush__ Coach Austin - @austincurrent_ Coach Sue - @suegainz Physique Development - @physiquedevelopment_ If you would like to support Physique Development and this podcast, please head over to your favorite podcast app and leave us a rating and review! This goes a long way in supporting this podcast and helps us continue to bring high-quality, honest, content to you in the form of a podcast. Thank you for listening and we will see you all next time! ---- Produced by: David Margittai | In Post Media Website: https://www.inpostmedia.com Email: david@inpostmedia.com © 2022, Physique Development LLC. All rights reserved.

Wenn Ihr diese Titelbeschreibung lest, nutzt Ihr Social Media. Wir sprechen in unserer 6. Podcastfolge über den Einfluss der sozialen Medien auf unsere Psyche und stellen dar, mit welchen Chancen und Gefahren diese verbunden sind. Des Weiteren erzählen wir von einer Theorie von Leon Festinger und einem Gedächtnisphänomen und davon, wie beides in Zusammenhang mit den sozialen Medien steht. Eure Maja und Wolfgang Mixed and Mastered by SOUNDWERK https://steadyhq.com/de/ergotherapie-unverpackt/about --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ergotherapieunverpackt/message

Tomado de El Libro de la Psicología (Ed. DK).

Het doel van elke L&D-er is een positieve gedragsverandering. Voor een L&D-er voelt dat als fijn en waardevol, maar bij deelnemers of klanten creëert dat bijna altijd cognitieve dissonantie. Jeanne en Jan-Peter bespreken dit fenomeen, beschreven in 1957 door Leon Festinger, en welke strategieën mensen hebben om hieraan te ontsnappen. Slechts één strategie helpt bij het L&D doel; luister om te horen welk fenomeen dit is en hoe dit in te zetten.Wil je meepraten, laat een voice berichtje achter: https://www.speakpipe.com/brainbakery

Con María Noel conversamos sobre la libertad y las preferencias adaptativas, las capacidades y las disonancias cognitivas. NADA DE LO HUMANO NOS ES AJENO OTRA TARDE NEGRA RADIOCERO 104.3 06-04-22 Muchas veces nos preguntamos por qué una persona en una situación de pobreza extrema no toma algunas decisiones para revertir su situación. Algunas de las alternativas podrían ser aprender lo básico para realizar algún tipo de trabajo manual, iniciar un pequeño emprendimiento económico, hacer un mejor uso de los servicios públicos de protección social, etc Es un fenómeno presente muchas veces en este tipo de población, que subvierte nuestras intuiciones sobre la racionalidad del comportamiento y que afecta directamente las posibilidades de las personas de mantener a lo largo del tiempo la aspiración de modificar su situación. En estos casos, la frustración que se genera al desear algo que no se puede obtener termina propiciando una adaptación de toda aspiración o preferencia de la persona a las condiciones que se tienen. Esto tiene como consecuencia que el estado actual sea percibido como un buen resultado y por lo tanto se congele todo deseo de modificarlo. La formación de preferencias adaptativas no es la única respuesta adaptativa que tiene un individuo ante situaciones que conllevan disonancia cognitiva y un incremento de la frustración. La otra respuesta adaptativa que queremos manejar es lo que se denomina “planificación del carácter”. ESTOICISMO En psicología, el término disonancia cognitiva hace referencia a la tensión o desarmonía interna del sistema de ideas, creencias y emociones (cogniciones) que percibe una persona que tiene al mismo tiempo dos pensamientos que están en conflicto, o por un comportamiento que entra en conflicto con sus creencias. Es decir, el término se refiere a la percepción de incompatibilidad de dos cogniciones simultáneas, todo lo cual puede impactar sobre sus actitudes. El concepto fue formulado por primera vez en 1957 por el psicólogo estadounidense Leon Festinger, en su obra A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (edición en español, Teoría de la disonancia cognoscitiva).1​2​ La teoría de Festinger plantea que, al producirse esa incongruencia o disonancia de manera muy apreciable, la persona se ve automáticamente motivada para esforzarse en generar ideas y creencias nuevas para reducir la tensión hasta conseguir que el conjunto de sus ideas y actitudes encajen entre sí, constituyendo una cierta coherencia interna. La motivación para la reducción de la disonancia se debe a la tensión psicológica que un individuo tiene que soportar cuando su sistema cognitivo presenta una gran disonancia o incoherencia interna. Por ejemplo, una persona con valores y creencias morales inculcadas desde su infancia puede verse envuelta en acciones que él mismo rechazaría (guerras, muertes, torturas...), por lo que se ve motivada a introducir nuevos valores que justificarían su actitud: la defensa de la Patria, el evitar males mayores, etcétera.

On Dec. 21, 1954, the world was supposed to be flooded, and true believers taken aboard flying saucers to safety. When that didn't happen, the Seekers tried to excuse away the no-show aliens, and thus cognitive dissonance entered the American psyche. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss how Leon Festinger put his theory to the test by pretending to be a true believer to study how followers managed their cognitive dissonance when the world kept spinning. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Adventures by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0  Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Pj0MtT Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Barnes, J. E. (2021, November 24). Pentagon forms a group to examine unexplained aerial sightings. The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/us/politics/pentagon-ufos.html?searchResultPosition=1  Beck, J. (2016, January 4). The christmas the aliens didn't come. The Atlantic. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/the-christmas-the-aliens-didnt-come/421122/  Festinger, L. (1966) When prophecy fails : a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world. Harper. Gabbat, A. (2022, February 5). 'something's coming': Is America finally ready to take ufos seriously? The Guardian. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/05/ufos-america-aliens-government-report  Liddell, E. (n.d.). Apocalypse Oak Park: Dorothy Martin, the Chicagoan who predicted the end of the world and inspired the theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Chicago Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/may-2011/dorothy-martin-the-chicagoan-who-predicted-the-end-of-the-world-and-inspired-the-theory-of-cognitive-dissonance/ 

If you've ever felt discomfort over a decision you've had to make, tried to justify a choice you've made, or regretted something you've done because you thought to yourself "I don't know why I did that, that's not me!" you have likely experienced cognitive dissonance.Cognitive Dissonance Theory was presented by a social psychologist, named Leon Festinger, in 1957.Cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of mental or psychological discomfort we feel when two or more modes of thought (beliefs, values, or attitudes) contradict each other - when our modes of thought are out of Alignment. We are averse to inconsistencies within our own mind. It's not comfortable to be at odds, to feel resistance.  Our brain does not like  discomfort. It feels threatened by it. So, when we experience this dissonance, our brain goes to work to try to adjust when our thoughts, words, or behaviours seem to clash with each other.In this episode, we learn about how exactly our brains work to restore alignment, and you'll experience this for yourself in real time as we play with it a bit.Enjoy!CONNECT WITH ME HERE:Join my BECOMING LIGHTS ON Program! (with Julia Black) Coaching with Sarah NykorukInstagramJoin my private Facebook Group: Facebook Page

La disonancia cognitiva es el resultado de nuestras propias contradicciones, que pueden hacernos mucho daño: aprende a manejarlas. Consigue el resumen de este episodio, imágenes con frases de motivación y conocimiento, y lee el texto completo en: https://bit.ly/pod-disonancia-cognitiva Descárgate ahora la guía gratuita Productividad y Foco Extremo, que te ayudará a alcanzar claridad sobre tus metas ya ser más productivo, seguro y feliz: https://emiliovalcarcel.com/regalo/ Y si quieres reorganizarte, dar un giro personal y profesional y volver a disfrutar de tu vida, mira mi programa online TRANSFORMACIÓN PERSONAL Y ALTO RENDIMIENTO, que está cambiando las vidas de muchas personas: https://emiliovalcarcel.com/transpar/   RESUMEN: Para entender qué es la disonancia cognitiva, hazte estas preguntas: ¿a veces tienes la sensación de que piensas una cosa, pero haces otra distinta? ¿Te sientes dividido porque crees y deseas cosas que se contradicen entre sí? A menudo son nuestras propias contradicciones las que más daño nos hacen: porque para enmascararlas nos engañamos a nosotros mismos.  “No te idealices a ti mismo ni caigas en la arrogancia: si quieres ser grande de verdad, admite tus errores y corrígelos cuanto antes”. Mira la realidad tal y cómo es, toma decisiones, acepta sus consecuencias, aprende y sigue adelante. En este episodio vas a descubrir cómo la disonancia cognitiva es el resultado de nuestras propias contradicciones, que pueden hacernos mucho daño, y vas a aprender a manejarlas. Lee o mira el episodio completo aquí: https://bit.ly/pod-disonancia-cognitiva    SÍGUEME EN MIS REDES SOCIALES: https: //business.facebook.com/EmilioJ ...  https: //www.instagram.com/emiliovalca ...  https://twitter.com/EmilioValcarce_  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilioval ...   SOBRE EMILIO Emilio Valcárcel es uno de los formadores y mentores de desarrollo personal y profesional más seguidos y escuchados, con miles de seguidores en su blog y en redes sociales. Además de padre cariñoso y lector empedernido, es Master en Ciencias del Comportamiento por la London School of Economics and Political Science, Programa de Desarrollo Directivo por el IESE Business School, Executive Coach (ACTP) y Licenciado en Derecho. Emprendió su primer negocio con veintitrés años, estudió y trabajó en varios países, y durante mucho tiempo fue alto directivo en el Grupo Schwarz (LIDL), la mayor multinacional europea de la distribución, donde dirigía una división con mil quinientas personas. Tras la pérdida de un ser muy querido, inició un proceso de conocimiento y de profunda transformación, y desde hace años se dedica al estudio científico del comportamiento humano ya la formación y mentoría de profesionales y empresarios. Con sus vídeos, artículos y cursos pretenden hacer accesibles para todas las claves del desarrollo personal, el éxito profesional y la oportunidad del emprendimiento. Si has decidido transformar tus resultados y tu estilo de vida, aquí encontrarás el conocimiento, la inspiración y las herramientas prácticas que necesitas para conseguirlo. Conócelo en https://emiliovalcarcel.com

There are many things that can make us happier or less happy and there's no one 'magic bullet' that's going to automatically turn you into a happy-go-lucky character without a care in the world. That said, there are certainly some things that appear to play a particularly large role in determining whether or not we're happy. Social Comparison Theory One theory that has been put forward as having a lot to do with how happy we ultimately are is something called 'social comparison theory'. Originally postulated by social psychologist Leon Festinger, the idea is that we largely define ourselves via comparison with others. While there are many aspects of this theory, the basic idea as it relates to happiness is that many of us aren't happy because we are constantly comparing ourselves with others who are better off. In other words, while you might be incredibly wealthy and successful, you won't feel that way if the people you spend most time with are actually more wealthy. Similarly, you might not be happy with your relationship if your friends seem to be happier. The same goes for your house. Making Matters Worse… Unfortunately, our modern lifestyles are very much designed to make matters worse. On Facebook most of us put forward a very idealized version of our own lives – meaning that we receive a constant feed of images of our friends on spectacular holidays or giving talks at conferences. At the same time, the media is constantly showing us the lifestyles of the rich and famous – people who have perfect looks and millions of dollars. How to Overcome Social Comparison Theory So what can you do to overcome social comparison? One option is to leave Facebook and never come back, though many of us would consider that a rather drastic move. More important though is to focus on your own goals and to try and keep a realistic idea of your life as it compares with others. Sure, that person has become incredibly successful in what they do… but is it exactly what you would want to do? Focus on your own goals and how they differ from those of other people. Meanwhile, make sure to focus on what you do have and to set your own points of comparison. Don't think about what you could have – think about what you've already accomplished and how much harder life could be. Don't forget to click the link to subscribe and share it with your community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daphney-phillip/message

Proving once and for all, using science, the truth of the romance reader stereotype. Warning: this research is about how romance novels and readers are perceived, not the actual reality. Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comShelf Love episodes with transcriptsWatch the presentation and slides on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BQzi8fBB0R8Inside: Stereotype Content Model, Cognitive Dissonance, Susan Fiske, Social Psychology, Leon Festinger, Dan Ariely, and more.

Maybe the vaccine is our ticket to hell...or maybe, some of us are already there. Hey friends, just a reminder to leave a Rating and a Review of this podcast on your app, and if Cross Over Q has helped you or spoken to you in any way, please consider making a donation to my church. Like so many, we are struggling during this pandemic, and every little bit helps! You can donate through PayPal right here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LMA5AH6T84WTU&source=url A Great Essay on "salvation anxiety"- https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/desperate-search-mark-beast/ Leon Festinger and Cognitive Dissonance Theory: https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html

¿Conoces Nuestra Escuela de Ansiedad? https://escuelaansiedad.com/escuela-de-ansiedad-landing-page/ Web: http://www.amadag.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Asociacion.Agorafobia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amadag.psico/ Youtube Amadag TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22fPGPhEhgiXCM7PGl68rw La disonancia cognitiva es un término acuñado por Leon Festinger, psicólogo social de origen judío que nació en Nueva York en 1919, mostrando una precoz tendencia hacia la psicología, comenzando muy pronto a desarrollar una actividad científica que a lo largo de 50 años se fue plasmando en innumerables publicaciones de enorme interés. La disonancia cognitiva hace referencia a la tensión o incomodidad que sentimos las personas cuando nuestras propias ideas, creencias y actitudes entran en conflicto. Cuando este tipo de acontecimientos se producen, las personas, con el objetivo de mantener coherencia y consistencia entre las acciones y los pensamientos, tendemos a modificar nuestros esquemas mentales para encontrar equilibrio. Nuestro cerebro viene a hacer este juego “Esto no me cuadra, no me encaja, vamos a reordenarlo de nuevo para poder sentirme a gusto y tranquilo conmigo mismo“.

(NOTAS Y ENLACES DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/98-disonancia-cognitiva-trabajos-poco-estimulantes-aliens-y-falsos-recuerdos/)Normalmente, es difícil saber cuál es el instante exacto en el que se produce un gran descubrimiento. Sí, todos pensamos en esos momentos “eureka”, en los que en un ataque de inspiración alguien entiende una verdad fundamental que cambiará el mundo.  Como cuando House se daba cuenta de que lo que tenía el paciente no era Lupus mientras discutía con alguien por cualquier otro tema. Pero lo cierto es que nada tiene un único principio, todo se construye sobre lo que hubo antes.Sin embargo, las historias sí necesitan un comienzo. Y la que te quiero contar hoy, también, aunque empiece casi por accidente. Es 1945, y con apenas 26 años, un joven psicólogo llamado Leon Festinger se une al MIT para trabajar en el Centro de Investigación de Dinámicas de Grupo que acaba de fundar una de las grandes eminencias de la psicología de la época, Kurt Lewin. En uno de sus primeros trabajos, el joven Festinger se encarga de estudiar algo que suena de todo menos apasionante: el impacto de la arquitectura y la ecología en la satisfacción de los estudiantes de la universidad con respecto a sus residencias. Todos hemos tenido trabajos de esos al principio de nuestra carrera. Curiosamente, como parte de aquel estudio, Festinger y sus colaboradores encontraron algunos hallazgos poco esperados al fijarse en cómo se formaban los grupos de amigos. Descubrieron algo inesperado: la proximidad física predecía mejor los lazos sociales que tener gustos o creencias similares. En otras palabras: que tendemos a hacernos amigos de nuestros vecinos o, mejor dicho, que las amistades tienden a surgir según con quién nos encontremos más a menudo. Así contado no parece el descubrimiento del siglo, y según mi propia experiencia no sé cuánta gente sigue haciéndose amiga de los vecinos, pero éste fue el primer paso de un camino que llevaría a uno de los grandes descubrimientos de la psicología: la disonancia cognitiva.

Chapitre 4 : Sur l'autel de la Vérité.Entrons dans la tête des croyants. Que ressentent-ils ? Comment vivent-ils leur idéal ? Et qu’est-ce qui fait que certains en sortent quand d’autres y resteront ? Bertrand nous livre ici avec pudeur et précision l’intimité de son vécu. Attention, certains propos peuvent choquer.TIMECODES00:50 : Une Vérité évolutive : connaissance exacte et universelle, surveillance de la Miviludes, argumentaire d’auto-persuasion, la notion de gourou.05:42 : Le mode de pensée du croyant : Système 1 / Système 2, Daniel Kahneman, endoctrinement par le raisonnement, Gérald Bronner, Raymond Boudon, raisonnement circulaire, interdiction de douter, textes de la Bible, arche de Noé, Michel Onfray.15:00 : La dissonance cognitive : l’exemple du frère de Bertrand, le sacrifice du martyr, l’imperfection explique la souffrance, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus, raison de vivre, statut d’objecteur de conscience, Raymond Franz, Louis Lecoin, Vatican II, souffrance et confort cognitif de la croyance. 26:47 : La variété des croyances : la Vérité objective, le mode de vie, l’appartenance communautaire.29:01 : Comment sort-on du mouvement : exclusion pour faute, comité judiciaire, fornication, réintégration, rupture spirituelle, Église évangélique, apostasie, théories du complot, paréidolie, athéisme.40:02 : Ceux qui restent dans le mouvement sans y croire : PIMO, fuites d’informations secrètes, masturbation, Bethel, adhérer sans croire, le discernement des enfants, les croyants ne sont pas stupides.44:11 : La sortie du mouvement de Bertrand : Témoin de Jéhovah modèle, divorce, assistant ministériel, dépression, tentative de suicide, esprit critique, Normand Baillargeon, Leon Festinger, escalade d’engagement, Jean-Léon Beauvois, Robert-Vincent Joule, la date de 1914.GARANTI SANS PUBVous pouvez soutenir Méta de Choc en faisant un don sur Tipeee : http://bit.ly/3e5abBb ou PayPal : https://bit.ly/3rnObFH (à partir de 10€, pour éviter les frais exorbitants de PayPal).RESSOURCESToutes les références sur le site Méta de Choc : https://www.metadechoc.fr.SUIVREFacebook : https://bit.ly/2yWeVXl.Twitter : https://bit.ly/2xpJ5BH.Instagram : https://bit.ly/2KPLclt.LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/3t1kQ4b.YouTube : https://bit.ly/35jqGmF.PeerTube : https://bit.ly/3f5qX1b. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

I hate FALSE SCARCITY! Thanks to Simoné Streck from Conversion Queens for your invaluable input! Send me your thoughts to yeti@yetivoice.co.za or leave a voice note on https://anchor.fm/yetivoice. I will share all helpful advice with others in an upcoming episode. Make sure you give me your details, so I can credit you for your insights. Thanks for listening. Cognitive dissonance, the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The unease or tension that the conflict arouses in people is relieved by one of several defensive maneuvers: they reject, explain away, or avoid the new information; persuade themselves that no conflict really exists; reconcile the differences; or resort to any other defensive means of preserving stability or order in their conceptions of the world and of themselves. The concept was developed in the 1950s by American psychologist Leon Festinger and became a major point of discussion and research. (https://www.britannica.com/science/cognitive-dissonance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yetivoice/message

A Little Bit Culty – What’s the difference between a cult and something that’s just a little bit culty? What should Sarah and Nippy tell their kids when they’re old enough to ask about NXIVM? How do you protect yourself from mind control? On this episode of A Little Bit Culty, our co-hosts chat with cult expert and author Dr. Steven Hassan about what makes people universally vulnerable to undue influence and cultic abuse; how to spot red flags; and some of the striking similarities between Keith Raniere and Donald Trump. They also explore Dr. Hassan’s cult origin story as a former member of the Moon cult, as well as his groundbreaking BITE Model that demystifies the methods that cults deploy to recruit and maintain control over people. Sarah also shares a (ahem) juicy story about a WTF moment of truth about a certain dietary mystery among the women of NXIVM that always perplexed her. About Dr. Steven Hassan: As one of the world’s leading authorities on cults, Dr. Steven Hassan has been helping people wake up, leave, and heal from cultic abuse for over forty years as a mental health professional, consultant, and educator. He is the founding director of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, an organization that specializes in providing acute intensive care for people exiting destructive environments. Dr. Hassan is also the author of four books, including Combating Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind, and most recently: The Cult of Trump.About the BITE Model, as quoted from the Freedom of Mind Resource center site at Freedomofmind.com: “Based on research and theory by Robert Jay Lifton, Margaret Singer, Edgar Schein, Louis Jolyon West, and others who studied brainwashing in Maoist China as well as cognitive dissonance theory by Leon Festinger, Steven Hassan developed the BITE Model to describe the specific methods that cults use to recruit and maintain control over people. “BITE” stands for Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control.A Little Bit Culty is a proud community partner of the #iGotOut Project. Learn more and find helpful resources for healing, education and prevention at igotout.org.CREDITS: Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson & Anthony AmesProduction Partner: Citizens of Sound Producer: Will RetherfordAssociate Producer: Jess TardyTheme Song: “Cultivated” by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel AsselinAdditional Music Scores by Will RetherfordFollow A Little Bit Culty:WebsiteInstagramFollow Sarah Edmondson:InstagramBuy Her Book Linktr.eeFollow Anthony "Nippy" Ames:Instagram

In episode 11, we will take a different approach to the comparison topic. Are you sick of hearing “comparison is the thief of joy” and “don't chapter your chapter 1 to someone's chapter 100” there is MORE to discuss on this topic yet this is the common blanket that is thrown over this issue. I believe both of those, but we dive into where comparison comes from, two main types of comparison, impact bias,  tips for cutting back on comparison in your day to day life. For me, understanding WHY we do something is crucial to my processing which was further highlighted to me after taking The Four Tendencies quiz and releasing I am the “questioner.” The tagline of the quiz is “how do I get people (including myself) to do what I want?” Take the quiz here: https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/four-tendencies-quiz/Did social media create the comparison epidemic? NO! Leon Festinger first proposed a systematic theory in 1954 “social comparison theory” but the general concept has been around since social philosophers existed. Comparison, H., Suls, J., Wheeler, L. and US, S., 2021. Handbook of Social Comparison - Theory and Research | Jerry Suls | Springer. [online] Springer.com. Available at: [Accessed 22 February 2021].Two types of comparison: Upward Comparison & Downward Comparison Impact bias- the tendency to overestimate the enduring impact that future events will have on our emotional reactionsComparison is BIGGER than technology but it is just amplified and ever present because of it. “In the near future, algorithms might make it impossible for people to know themselves. The algorithms will decide for us. Time is of the essence. If we make the effort, we can still investigate who we really are”- Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Solitude deprivation- coined by Cal Newport, a state in which you spend close to ZERO TIME alone with your own thoughts and free from input from other mindsTips to cut back on unhelpful comparison1.  Review your core values, definition of success, and personal strengths 2. Identify the Area you are comparing the most? Explore that. 3. Where is the NOISE coming from?4. Stay committed to curiosity and learning. 5. Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate“Envy is the shadow of admiration. Both are calls from the soul to the ego whispering…try this” If you want to continue the discussions had on the podcast and have more reminders in your digital world to be mindful, listen to yourself and bring some joy please follow the podcast's new Instagram by following this link!So, if you're in the mood for a cup of tea, a hug and a kick in the butt all at once, you're in the right place! If you vibed with this episode, SUBSCRIBE! And share a screenshot on your Instagram stories and tag me @ensusiasm @chargemycore . If you vibed...I bet your friends will too! Together we can figure out how to charge up ourselves as much as our devices...Until next time focus on less scroll and more soul.

In 1957 Leon Festinger uncover cognitive dissonance and it has been weaponized against us for the betterment and detriment of society ever since.

Come hanno riportato diversi giornalisti, sui canali Telegram del movimento QAnon, il “Grande Risveglio” si è tramutato in fretta nella “Grande Delusione”. Ma non è del tutto finita, perchè, come ha scritto lo psicologo sociale Leon Festinger, “è difficile cambiare un uomo convinto di qualcosa”. Ed è per questo che i culti sopravvivono – anche quando, ad un occhio esterno, non ha alcun senso che lo facciano.

www.heididawson.com @theheididawson on Instagram SO we all have one main job in life and this goes for every single person. I'm going to tell you what that is at the end…..Don't you love a good hook like that? I was listening to a podcast this last week and I thought Wow, this is so good and so deep and the guest was talking about how many years it took him to research his book and my mind immediately went to the thought “is my podcast good? Do I go deep enough? Does my book need to be researched for years? But you know what? I caught myself and I turned it around. I realized I was comparing myself to someone who wasn't me. That is a recipe for disaster, it is certainly is not going to increase my happiness. It could cause you to quit or not even start because you think you aren't good enough because look at all that person has accomplished or all of their degrees or “years of research” right? But they had to start somewhere and that goes for every thing in life. If you think that person you see online got their success overnight, I would bet a lot of money that you don't know the whole story. Do you ever do this? Compare yourself to someone else? Am I the only one? Odds are you do. I read one study that said 88% of women compare themselves to other women in one way or the other and other 12% weren't alive…just kidding about that last part. The 88% part is true though.. I would argue everyone does it because it's hardwired into our species according to Leon Festinger who did a whole study on Social comparison. Check it out. I will put his name in the show notes…it's pretty interesting. Did you know that comparison is one of the leading causes of unhappiness? And social media has just made it worse. We will compare ourselves to others in any area and we do this for different reasons but a major reason is self evaluation because you wonder how you stack up to others around you. But see this is where it gets tricky because when you compare to someone you don't know on social media, you are comparing yourself to the idea they are presenting about themselves. We've all heard about the “highlight” reel of someone else's life on social media. Listen now....:) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This might sound harsh but… WE KNOW you love being lied to.How can we say that with confidence?Because things like Nxivm, Scientology, politics, elections, cults, and SOCIAL MEDIA all exist and thrive in our world today.But WHY?! Why is it that human beings love being lied to so much?What is it about us that makes us want to believe things that aren't true?Today we're diving deep into this absolutely fascinating subject about the human psyche and why we're constantly looking for the easy way out by believing in (sometimes outlandish) lies and allowing ourselves to be controlled and manipulated by others.This is an awesome episode. Gay and Mike had a blast with this subject.One of the things that bother Mike sometimes about podcasting is the notion of being “authentic.” He knows just how important it is to be authentic and have deep, meaningful conversations but sometimes he catches himself performing instead.The god's honest truth is that he's afraid of revealing too much or that he won't be liked or he'll lose an audience but in reality, the fastest way to grow a great audience is by being super deep and authentic. Bottom line… it's scary and HARD to let your guard down, be real, be open, be authentic and THAT contributes to why so many of us allow ourselves to be lied to and conned even though we know deep down, something isn't right. It's easier to believe the lies.Gay recalls a situation a few years back when he was contacted by Kripalu (the famous yoga and health center). Their guru had gotten involved in some sexual improprieties with other members of the organization and ran off with millions of dollars leaving the place in a real mess. Gay, along with a couple of other therapists, were invited to come and work with the community of about 150 people.They were extremely traumatized because they had been living inside this lie. The Guru had not only conducted these improprieties, but he also asked members not to talk about it. A few of the women who were involved were sworn to silence but finally, one couldn't take it anymore and came forward.What Gay really started wondering after meeting with these bright, yoga-practicing, super healthy people was why is it that a group of people like this would create such a situation in their lives? So he asked them that very question, but sadly, what was left behind was a group of people that were suddenly thrown out into the real world not knowing what to do because they had been living in this contained community.A psychologist named Leon Festinger, back in the 60s and early 70s, at Stanford University, did a number of studies on cults. At the time, there was a big “end of the world” cult in the area so Festinger had a few of his graduate students, join and infiltrate the cult. The day came when the cult leader said the world was going to end and obviously, it didn't but when it was announced that the leader was wrong, about a third of the members quit and the rest became even stronger, true believers. So what happened with the true believers? Why did their faith become stronger? Why wasn't their illusion shattered?In Mike's opinion, the number one thing that drives followers in religion, politics, social media, etc, is HOPE. People will buy hope forever. Leaders oftentimes do what they do for sex, money, power, whatever, but it's also the fear of loss of hope.Here's what we have found. When our identities get involved we'll stop at nothing to protect our own self-perception of who we think we are and that includes managing and maintaining a lie. When someone falls into the hope sold by an individual and they get their own identity wrapped up into it, and they have propagated a lie, that lie becomes part of their identity as well.Mike thinks in the case of the re-election, Trump followers, for example, are so invested that their identities are invested too. (Think about how many people who have cut ties with family members and friends because of it.) As soon as your identity is wrapped up in something, you've both, lost power and power can be gained over you and that's where manipulation comes in.Ultimately what it comes down to is a real hunger for some kind of identity. For the person who doesn't feel any organically, most likely, somewhere along the line you were traumatized or interfered with in some way, so you dissociate yourself with your body. If you don't do something about that process of dissociating, you allow yourself to be manipulated.Listen now to hear more incredible stories about cults, politicians, lawyers, and celebrities PLUS Gay and Mike exploring the age-old question, “who am I?” Don't miss this episode, and remember to share it with someone you love!

Jeffrey Mishlove examines the theory of cognitive dissonance as enunciated by Leon Festinger and colleagues in their 1956 classic sociological text, When Prophecy Fails. The book involves the story of a UFO cult in Chicago that anticipated the end of the world. When the prophecy failed to materialize, many cult members strengthened their belief in … Continue reading "InPresence 0211: When Prophecy Fails"

Ya hemos hablado de la disonancia cognitiva en otros episodios, pero nos ha parecido importante dedicarle uno para hablar del tema. Como siempre antes de empezar os recordamos que podéis apoyarnos siendo miembros del Club Malditos Veganos. Por sólo 1€ al mes podréis descargar de forma anticipada nuestro podcast, y por 4€ podréis tener acceso al videopodcast y elegir un tema del podcast al mes. ¿Qué es la disonancia cognitiva? El psicólogo social Leon Festinger sugirió que los individuos tienen una fuerte necesidad de que sus creencias, actitudes y su conducta sean coherentes entre sí, evitando contradicciones entre estos elementos. Cuando existe inconsistencia entre éstas, el conflicto conduce a la falta de armonía de las ideas mantenidas por la persona, algo que en muchas ocasiones genera malestar. Disonancia y veganismo Esto suele verse cuando nuestras palabras no están alineadas con nuestras acciones. Por ejemplo, una persona se puede considerar animalista y al encontrar una paloma herida por la calle le ofrece su ayuda, pero al llegar a casa se come su filetito de pollo o pavo. O como comentábamos en el episodio de los toros, ser antitaurina pero comer su filetito de ternera. Hemos vuelto a comentar sobre el libro de Melanie Joy: Por qué amamos a los perros, nos comemos a los cerdos y nos vestimos con las vacas. Uno de los referentes que más se puede conocer es Lisa Simpson, y se trata muy bien este tema en el capítulo 5 de la 7ª temporada: Lisa, la vegetariana. Troy McClure y el documental de la carne en malditosveganos.com/matadero. ¿Si comer carne está bien? ¿Por qué no llevar a los niños a enseñar como se hace? ¿Por qué hay motivos para ocultarlo? Y no no vale lo de que es algo normal, natural o necesario, porque no es así. Algunos ejemplos: Si los mataderos tuvieran paredes de cristal, mucha gente no comería carne. Personas que no pueden comer lechones, porque ven el cuerpo entero del animal. Cuando abres una bandeja de carne cruda o pasas por delante de una pescadería, ¿el olor te invita a comerlo? Anécdotas de disonancia cognitiva de niños Sergio chiquito y el flan de huevo. Sekiam y el huevo que quiso cuidar. El muchachito que no quiere que se coman al pollo muerto. Espero que hayáis aprendido un poquito más con este episodio sobre lo que es la disonancia cognitiva, aplicada al veganismo. Muchas gracias por suscribiros en Spotify, dejar vuestras valoraciones de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcasts, por formar parte de la iVooX Squad con vuestros me gusta y comentarios. Y también por supuesto, si nos escucháis desde Google Podcasts o incluso desde nuestro canal de YouTube. Esperamos vuestro feedback, críticas, preguntas, opiniones y disonancias infantiles en malditosveganos.com/contactar. Nada más, ¡nos vemos en el siguiente podcast! Este episodio se publicó originalmente en: malditosveganos.com/35

I capitoli del podcast:0:00 Introduzione0:30 Leon Festinger e la scoperta del bisogno di coerenza1:00 Come mai l'essere umano preferisce la coerenza?1:40 Il concetto di dissonanza cognitiva3:10 Lo studio condotto da FestingerParole chiave del video:#idea #dissonanza#cognitiva#tunonhaibisognodellopsicologo #fareladifferenza

Let's be honest, humans dislike being uncomfortable, and not just physically, but also mentally.  In this episode Chelsea dives into the word of cognitive dissonance -  when our current thoughts or beliefs don't mesh with new information, or actions, and the discomfort that comes with it. She looks at what it is, how we often react to it, and even how we can work to manage it. From scientific research to cults to embarrassing childhood stories, this episode is sure to make you scratch your head, smile, and hopefully stretch your thinking a bit. Want to check out that book by Leon Festinger, When Prophecy Fails?Interested in working with Chelsea? Visit https://aviatrix.guru or email her at chelsea@aviatrix.guru. You can also join her Facebook group, the Success Seekers Squad.

In this special bonus episode, I take a look at the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance as it relates to the wide variety of failed so-called "prophecies" laid out by a great number of charismatic and 7 mountains mandate dominion theology "apostles and prophets." Turns out: to a person, they were all clearly wrong. So: was God incorrect in giving this "prophetic word" to his prophets? Or were they all making it up, projecting their desires on the election, and thus proven to be...false prophets? I'll not only take a look at what was said by these "prophets," I'll  use as a base line the excellent 1956 book on the subject of cognitive dissonance as a comparison model: Leon Festinger's When Prophecy Fails. Help Support the Work of MindShift Podcast on Patreon! Contact Details Follow me on Twitter @MindShift2018

“Oh what a tangled web we weave; When first we practice to deceive!” -- Sir Walter Scott Have you ever wondered how people fall for cult leaders? Or why people fall time and time again under the bad influences in their lives? Most people are trusting. You don’t go around expecting people to lie, but when you put your trust into someone who has only their best interests in mind,  you may find yourself making excuses for them.It’s easy to bog yourself down even further and fall victim to their manipulation tactics. There are several ways to identify manipulative behavior in order to cut that toxic behavior out of your life, and unmask the lies for what they are. Most people believe that they know themselves and their biases, that they are not easily persuadable by manipulation tactics, or manipulators but the facts are out there in the stories of toxic workplaces and manipulative bosses and leaders. Why do people fall for lies? It’s not as simple as you may think. What you’ll hear on today’s episode: The seven types of lies Identifying good vs bad influence How people fall for bogus manipulation tactics Leon Festinger’s cognitive dissonance theory Confirmation Bias and the spread of misinformation Micro boundary breaches How bad influences can turn us against our own morals People we trust have influence over us Steven Hassan’s BITE model (Behavior, information, thought and emotional control) How to be aware of and question manipulative behavior Join the Difficult Happens Facebook group  “Community Happens Group” Work with Lara: Apply for an On-air Coaching Call! Free Breakthrough Assessment Got a Question? Comment? Email Lara@difficulthappens.com Corporate Training Difficult Happens by Lara Currie                                                                     Difficulthappens.com/workwithme/ Resources: The Good Good Good Co. Monica’s closet No more Ignorance No More Ignorance on LinkedIn The Dream - Season 2 Series on Manipulation Series on Assessments © Lara Currie 2020 Listen for free on the go with any one of these players for both Android & iPhone

Rabbi Dunner cites Maimonides from "hilchot teshuva", who describes 24 different types of people for whom the Teshuva process will not be effective. One of them is someone who is not part of a community. Rabbi Dunner offers a classic explanation, but adds an explanation of his own, based on the theories and research of the pioneering social psychologist, Leon Festinger.

Elliot Aronson has seen a long and influential career in social psychology. Aronson got his PhD in 1959 from Stanford University, working with Leon Festinger on some of the first experiments testing dissonance theory. He authored a celebrated social psychology textbook, now in its twelfth edition, and he pioneered the research on the jigsaw classroom--"a cooperative learning technique that reduces racial conflict among school children, promotes better learning, improves student motivation, and increases enjoyment of the learning experience."Two weeks ago, I released a big episode on cognitive dissonance (check it out!), which pulled together interviews with several people who are experts in the field. Elliot Aronson was one of those experts, and I'm excited to share our full conversation with you this week. We talk dissonance but Elliot also shares how he became a social psychologist and what it takes to run a high-impact experiment.Check out Elliot's writing:The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic: A recent article in the Atlantic by Elliot Aronson and Carol TavrisThe Social Animal: Elliot's social psychology textbookMistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): A popular book about cognitive dissonance and other biases.Not By Chance Alone: Elliot's autobiographyAge of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion

In 1957, Leon Festinger published A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Along with a collection of compelling experiments, Festinger changed the landscape of social psychology. The theory, now referenced constantly both in and outside of academic circles, has taken on a life of its own. And it’s still informing new research and analysis more than 60 years later.For the grand 20th episode of Opinion Science, I want to give you an insider’s look at the theory–its inspiration, the people involved, the classic studies, and the remaining controversies.Throughout the show you’ll hear from people who have studied cognitive dissonance and who knew the infamous Leon Festinger: Elliot Aronson, Joel Cooper, Jeff Stone, April McGrath, and Mike Gazzaniga.To learn more about cognitive dissonance, check out these two books written by two of our guests: Cognitive Dissonance: 50 Years of Classic Theory and Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me).For a transcript of this show, visit the episode's webpage: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/cognitive-dissonance/Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

Ep. 5 - Runaway American Dream Tracing the American myths of open space, freedom, and control. Show Notes Polaris Slingshot Revel Mopeds Mad Max Cannonball Run (NOT the film!) El Dorado and Utopia Arthur Guiterman - Poem “Daniel Boone” "They Live By Night" Freud's Personality Theory "Manifest Destiny" YouGov Flat Earth Survey Atlantic Magazine - Cognitive Dissonance article Leon Festinger on Cognitive Dissonance Confirmation Bias Julian Rotter - Internal and External Locus of Control New York Times Science Times Mars Jars article Victim, Villain, Hero Story Structure Wotan/Odin Myth Progressive Insurance - Motaur/Herd ad Appollonian/Dionysian Order/Chaos conflict Jean-Francoise Lyotard - The Post-Modern Condition The Motaur BrandBox.Show Please subscribe and review The BrandBox on Apple Podcasts and consider hitting the Donate button on BrandBox.show! SVA Masters in Branding program. Music courtesy of Mikel Rouse. Dr. Tom Guarriello. Mark Kingsley. Thanks for your support!

In this episode, we dive into the life (or lives) of Comte de St. Germain, a mysterious and immortal figure who may have been an Atlantean wizard, a vampire, or just a figment of the imagination. Show Notes: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MothballProphecies Twitter: twitter.com/MothballShow The Secret of Kings: www.amazon.com/COMTE-ST-GERMAIN-…ook/dp/B01KY5H52G When Prophecy Fails: www.amazon.com/Leon-Festinger-ebook/dp/B071VMQPYM/ Merch: www.teepublic.com/en-gb/t-shirt/97…?store_id=338260 Harpsichord Music: Music: Chaconne in The French Style / Harpsichord - 2nd Ver. by Michał Jałochowski Source: www.jamendo.com/track/1592197 License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Get music free for a link from starfrosch.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mothball-prophecies/support

Hoy en Universo Hijos explicaremos qué es la Teoría de la Disonancia Cognitiva propuesta por el investigador y psicólogo social Leon Festinger en 1957. ¿Qué hacemos cuando somos disonantes, qué sucede? ¿Por qué no logramos nuestros objetivos? ¿Por qué en muchas ocasiones somos incongruentes con lo que pensamos y lo que hacemos? Lo veremos a través de algunos ejemplos prácticos. ______________________________ Por cierto, para los que sea la primera vez que nos escucháis y aún no os hayáis descargado nuestro Kit de Supervivencia Emocional en tiempos de confinamiento, os lo podéis descargar en: universohijos.com en el menú superior para que os sea más fácil ;) Algunos aprovecháis una vez descargado el Kit para realizar el primer módulo del curso de Educación Emocional. En tiempos de Covid19 la inteligencia emocional es algo indispensable ;)

Social comparison theory, initially proposed by social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954,[1] centers on the belief that there is a drive within individuals to gain accurate self-evaluations. The theory explains how individuals evaluate their own opinions and abilities by comparing themselves to others in order to reduce uncertainty in these domains, and learn how to define the self. Following the initial theory, research began to focus on social comparison as a way of self-enhancement,[2][3] introducing the concepts of downward and upward comparisons and expanding the motivations of social comparisons.[4] GO! Website Facebook Youtube Real Estate Coaching instagram Twitter tumblr Reddit Blog Pinterest LinkedIn RE Careers Blogger GO Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olguinpreneur/message

  Steve Joordens is a professor of psychology at University of Toronto and chief science officer at Cogneeto Inc. and the instructor of the free Coursera course titled "Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19". His research interest includes but not limited to Consciousness, memory, attention. In this episode of BTP we bring to you our conversation with Professor Steve Joordens regarding mental health during COVID-19 pandemic, its implications as well as ways to manage it. This conversation does not, by any means, exhaust the material in the course and you are encouraged to take part in this free course on Coursera. Coursera course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/manage-health-covid-19 Website: https://stevejoordens.ca/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stevejoordens Show Notes 00:21:00 - Leon Festinger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Festinger

Steve Joordens is a professor of psychology at University of Toronto and chief science officer at Cogneeto Inc. and the instructor of the free Coursera course titled "Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19". His research interest includes but not limited to Consciousness, memory, attention. In this episode of BTP we bring to you our conversation with Professor Steve Joordens regarding mental health during COVID-19 pandemic, its implications as well as ways to manage it. This conversation does not, by any means, exhaust the material in the course and you are encouraged to take part in this free course on Coursera. Coursera course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/manage-health-covid-19 Website: https://stevejoordens.ca/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stevejoordens Show Notes 00:21:00 - Leon Festinger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Festinger

In this episode, we have someone very interesting and varied in his experience.Yannis Dimitroulas is an expert in marketing currently leading a content marketing team based in the Netherlands. He's done quite a number of marketing consultant work, been part of a team to sell chocolate all around the world, and most of all he is a good friend. We've known each other since 2007, and I know from seeing his journey until now that there's going to be some amazing wisdom from him.We talked about:Vulnerability and what we can learn from itFinding your why and its importanceBeing a cross-cultural kid and living among culturesWe talked about the observations we have of the world, from philosophy to business models and moreYannis is the marketer, the riser, and a brother in the pursuit of wisdom. He is the AntiFool.Enjoy!Timestamps03:12 Learning to be quiet in a room full of valuable voices06:05 Empathy, becoming a pillar of support12:41 Inspirational figures make impact beyond cultural borders18:10 How do we build a school to encourage ambition and character?21:23 Lead vs. Being Led: when listening has opened doors for Yannis27:45 Life as an adventure, and joining Tensail34:34 Jumping into a market Yannis knew nothing about37:40 "What is your philosophy?"40:58 Teal Organisations: Companies with no roles, only employees and coaches46:50 Worried Optimism on the Future of Work51:16 The rise of women leaders58:11 Why we don't want to be wrong1:02:52 Alienation in cultures, from the Netherlands as foreigners to other countries1:09:21 To know nothing about philosophy, and Yannis' favourite timeless wisdom1:16:02 Finding the meaning behind our existenceReach out to YannisLinkedInMentions and LinksDelasignTensailPhilips Innovation AwardStart with WhyLeaders Eat LastTeal OrganisationsBuurtzorgA story of two monks and a womanWhen Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter

In this week's episode, Luke, Hannah, and Chris talk about moving from A to B. They offer an exploration of Richard Boyatzis' work on intentional change and Leon Festinger's concept of cognitive dissonance. www.magicintheroom.com

Aficionado a los ovnis desde joven pero como lector de ciencia ficción, la lectura de Pasaporte a Magonia, de Jacques Vallé, llevó a Pablo Vergel a aproximarse a este fenómeno desde otro ángulo. Sociólogo forteano, es el fundador de Reediciones Anómalas, una pequeña editorial que ha revolucionado el mundo de las publicaciones paranormales con una selección de obras clásicas — como Abducidos (John E. Mack), Cuando las profecías fallan (Leon Festinger) o Un mito moderno de cosas que se ven en el cielo (Gustav Jung)— que han despertado el interés de todo aficionado, sea escéptico recalcitrante o magufo declarado. Con él hemos hablado este semana de eso y de su libro Más allá de la incógnita ovni.Suscríbete a través de WhatsAppPuedes suscribirte para recibir cada nuevo episodio a través de WhatsApp enviando un mensaje con las palabras MÁS ALLÁ al 605 66 36 70. Si estás en un smartphone, puedes hacerlo pinchando aquí. Recuerda que debes guardar el número en la agenda de tu móvil.El podcast Pablo Vergel: "El misterio proporciona narrativas que van mucho más allá que la pizarra de un científico" ha sido publicado en Plaza Radio

Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance is examined as a method of indoctrination. If a person’s behavior, thought, or emotion is controlled... the others will follow, opening the door to mind control. Before leaving her first retreat, Lola Addams officially joins the Temple of Contemplative Science.

- Aún quedan testimonios actuales que nos hablan de las brujas y de sus poderes. Una de las últimas mujeres tenida por hechicera habitó en el pueblo de Riocorvo. Os lo contamos en Cantabria Pagana. - "Cuando las profecías fallan" es un trabajo del profesor Leon Festinger y dos de sus alumnos, realizado en los años 50. Cuentan sus experiencias como infiltrados en grupos de contactados de supuestos extraterrestres. NACHO CABRIA y PABLO VERGEL nos hablan de la importancia de este trabajo editado ahora, por primera vez en España, por Reediciones Anómalas. - A finales del siglo XIX ocurrió un suceso en torno a la figura de un personaje apodado "El Maruyo". Una gesta digna de una película y de la que dió buena cuenta la prensa de la época. Historia oculta de Cantabria. SAPERE AVDE

- Aún quedan testimonios actuales que nos hablan de las brujas y de sus poderes. Una de las últimas mujeres tenida por hechicera habitó en el pueblo de Riocorvo. Os lo contamos en Cantabria Pagana. - "Cuando las profecías fallan" es un trabajo del profesor Leon Festinger y dos de sus alumnos, realizado en los años 50. Cuentan sus experiencias como infiltrados en grupos de contactados de supuestos extraterrestres. NACHO CABRIA y PABLO VERGEL nos hablan de la importancia de este trabajo editado ahora, por primera vez en España, por Reediciones Anómalas. - A finales del siglo XIX ocurrió un suceso en torno a la figura de un personaje apodado "El Maruyo". Una gesta digna de una película y de la que dió buena cuenta la prensa de la época. Historia oculta de Cantabria. SAPERE AVDE

In 1955, aliens from the planet Clarion contacted a Chicago housewife to warn her that the end of the world was imminent. Psychologist Leon Festinger saw this as a unique opportunity to test a new theory about human cognition. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow him inside a UFO religion as it approaches the apocalypse. We'll also try to determine when exactly LBJ became president and puzzle over some wet streets. Intro: There's a hexagon of cloud at Saturn's north pole. You're not as unpopular as you think you are. Sources for our feature on Leon Festinger: Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, When Prophecy Fails, 1956. Leon Festinger, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, 1957. Joel Cooper, Cognitive Dissonance: Fifty Years of a Classic Theory, 2007. Camille Morvan with Alexander J. O'Connor, An Analysis of Leon Festinger's A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, 2017. 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Cognitieve dissonantie is de onaangename spanning die ontstaat door tegenstrijdigheid in je gedrag, gevoelens of gedachten. Hierdoor pas je je gedrag of overtuiging aan, zodat het weer klopt. Het is dan niet meer dissonant, maar consonant (eenduidig, kloppend).  De cognitieve dissonantie theorie is uitgewerkt door de Amerikaanse sociaal psycholoog Leon Festinger in 1957. In deze podcast vertel ik hoe de theorie is ontstaan, hoe we omgaan met tegenstrijdigheden en hoe ik ook regelmatig cognitieve dissonantie ervaar. In de Dingen Duiden podcast bespreek ik iedere aflevering een onderwerp op het gebied van wetenschap, technologie, de toekomst, filosofie, zingeving en nog veel meer. Alles om de wereld een beetje beter te begrijpen. De shownotes van deze aflevering vind je op susandullink.nl/cognitieve-dissonantie.

Performance psychologist Dr. Simon Marshall, PhD is with me on the podcast today to talk about one of my favourite topics: growth mindset. A year ago Simon introduced me to the book Mindset by Carol Dweck and reading it made me aware of some of my own limiting beliefs about human potential.  It’s the idea that abilities are developed through dedication and hard work, with fixed factors like genes or talent being just a starting point. These concepts have significantly altered the way I talk to and encourage my kids, and also how I approach new skills in my own life. In this episode of the podcast, Simon and I talk about the impact of mindset on personal development in all areas, including athletics, education, and the workplace.  Simon shares his strategies for switching to a growth mindset and identifying your own blind spots and biases. If you enjoy this podcast, you’ll definitely want to read The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion, by Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson. Here’s the outline of this interview with Simon Marshall: [00:00:10] Lesley Paterson; Podcast: Off Road Triathlon World Champion Lesley Paterson on FMT and Solving Mental Conundrums. [00:00:42] Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck. [00:05:30] VO2 Max test. [00:07:05] Studies from educational psychology: Yeager, David Scott, and Carol S. Dweck. "Mindsets that promote resilience: When students believe that personal characteristics can be developed." Educational psychologist 47.4 (2012): 302-314.  Also: 1, 2. [00:09:15] Changing our relationship with failure. [00:11:32] People don't fail; actions do. [00:12:38] Book: Black box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn From Their Mistakes - But Some Do, by Matthew Syed. Not mentioned in the podcast, but Simon also recommends the book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. [00:14:49] Experience alone doesn't necessarily make you better; Studies: Kahneman, Daniel, and Gary Klein. "Conditions for intuitive expertise: a failure to disagree." American psychologist 64.6 (2009): 515 and Tracey, Terence JG, et al. "Expertise in psychotherapy: An elusive goal?." American Psychologist 69.3 (2014): 218.  Others: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. [00:16:00] Attribution bias. [00:17:54] Joby Aviation. [00:18:52] Lack of situational awareness; United Airlines Flight 173. [00:19:13] Sustained attention; Radar operators in WW2. [00:20:52] Fixed mindset and diet. [00:23:19] Blaming. [00:24:35] Book: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, by Robert Sapolsky. [00:26:02] Paradox of success. [00:28:28] Playing the cards you're dealt. [00:30:13] How to switch to a growth mindset. [00:30:43] Expose yourself to failure. [00:35:32] Self esteem comes from success, not the other way around. [00:38:27] Dopamine drives the desire to continue. [00:40:15] Cognitive dissonance; Leon Festinger. [00:43:21] Tony Blair; Cognitive bias. [00:44:37] Confirmation bias. [00:48:27] Book: The Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever, by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns. [00:48:27] Robb Wolf’s Keto Masterclass; Podcast: The Keto Masterclass with Robb Wolf. [00:49:38] Book: Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, by Kim Scott; Podcast: Radical Candor™ with Dr Tommy Wood. [00:53:15] Ruinous empathy. [00:53:47] Earning the right to be direct. [00:56:43] How to know where your blind spots are. [00:59:36] New program on Patreon. [01:00:30] 7-min analysis. [01:02:05] Barriers to progress: time, motivation, energy, consistency. [01:02:30] Elite Performance Members Club Forum. [01:04:24] Finding accountability. [01:05:12] Accountability as a motivator; Study: Lerner, Jennifer S., and Philip E. Tetlock. "Accounting for the effects of accountability." Psychological bulletin 125.2 (1999): 255. [01:06:13] Loser avoidance bias. [01:08:09] patreon.nbt.ai. [01:08:47] Coming soon: deeper investigations into diet, sleep, exercise, weight loss.

A finales de los años 50 del siglo pasado, el psicólogo Leon Festinger propuso la teoría de la “disonancia cognitiva”, para explicar la incomodidad que sentimos las personas, cuando intentamos mantener la coherencia en momentos en los que la realidad nos hace dudar de nuestras actitudes o pensamientos. En este Apuntes de Psicología compartimos contigo esta célebre teoría y te contamos cuáles son los mecanismos que solemos utilizar para salir cuanto antes de la disonancia cognitiva. Si ya formas parte del Club ETM, ya sabes que estos días estamos publicando nuevas sesiones del RETO “Ayudar a mi hijo a mejorar su autoestima”. La semana que viene subiremos un podcast extra; y ya estamos preparando también el próximo reto, con el que trataremos de ayudarte a convertirte en una persona más asertiva. | +info en https://entiendetumente.info/ |¿Qué es Apuntes de Psicología? Pues una sección dentro de Entiende Tu Mente en la que cada 15 días, Molo Cebrián (nuestro estudiante de psicología y locutor) va a contarte historias, apuntes, curiosidades,... con las que se encuentra un universitario que cursa los estudios de psicología. Gracias por apoyarnos con tus valoraciones de "5 estrellas" en Apple Podcast (iTunes) y/o "Me Gustas" en tu plataforma de podcasting favorita; ya que así nos ayudas a crecer. Puedes escuchar nuestros contenidos en Spotify.Toda la música de Entiende Tu Mente está compuesta exclusivamente para Entiende Tu Mente.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/entiendetumenteTwitter: https://twitter.com/entiendetumenteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/entiendetumente

Getting Over It Simply Because You Must Have your friends and family showed interest in your Entrepreneurial vision yet?   If not, rest assured, you're not alone.   In fact, if you're like us, you might have had more success with perfect strangers than with family members when it comes to your business. We know this can be painful and difficult to overcome mentally and emotionally. To be honest, it downright sucks.   In this episode of The Thriving on Purpose Podcast, we will try to soften the hard blows entrepreneurial rejection from friends and family dish out. Although it may be painful, it can and must be overcome if you're going to thrive as an entrepreneur.   Oh, and the good news is, you're not alone! A majority of christian entrepreneurs have been through this... including, as we will see, the Lord Himself when He began His ministry.   So, hold on tight and get ready to Thrive on in spite of your family's disbelief!   In this Episode You Will:   Be reminded how this is not your first time dealing with rejection. Be shown powerful examples of Jesus' handling of rejection. Learn the real meaning behind the word Entrepreneur. Get actionable steps to overcome painful rejection from friends and family.   Memorable Quotes:   "It’s totally part of your lot as a christian… to be misunderstood at times, mocked, or even hated."   "Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also." John [15:20]   “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household." Matthew [10:34]-36   "If you’ve found your sweet spot, your calling, or purpose, and began working towards your passion, chances are you’ll be just as misunderstood as when you converted."   "Christian entrepreneurs are a different breed of believers."   "The bigger picture is this: your conversion was only the beginning. The fullness of your purpose comes after… once you walk with God and He reveals to you your work - the thing that you are called to do on earth."   “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” Matthew [13:57]   “Familiarity breeds contempt.” - William Shakespeare   "When you begin a self-discovery journey and you start doing things differently because you are an entrepreneur, they will resist that change vehemently."   "Mediocre people want you to be mediocre. Average people want you to be average. Great people want you to be great."   "Your vision was given to YOU by God, and not to them." Be Blessed and Thrive ON! Sebastien and Elisabeth   P.S. If you're enjoying this content please leave us a review on ITunes and share this podcast to encourage others. Recommended Resources: A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, by Leon Festinger (https://amzn.to/2KY4JBY) Wikipedia on Cognitive Dissonance: Click Here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance) (https://amzn.to/2Nzx6EO) .fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe { width: 100% !important; } The post Thriving on Purpose (https://www.thrivingonpurpose.com) . Support this podcast

Cognitive Dissonance in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: What It Is, Why It Happens and How to Resolve It - Get your cognitive dissonance healing toolbox right here: https://lifemakeoveracademy.teachable.com/p/cognitive-dissonance-toolbox Identify and Understand Cognitive Dissonance What is cognitive dissonance? The cognitive dissonance theory was first introduced by an American social psychologist named Leon Festinger in 1957. Essentially, it states that humans are predisposed to seek internal consistency. That means that, in general, our beliefs, thoughts and opinions must correspond with our actions, behavior. and attitude. This way, we don't feel the stress of trying to live in a way that doesn't correspond to our beliefs. But if dissonance, discomfort or inconsistency of any kind is experienced, we tend to feel psychological discomfort and strive hard to reduce it, or to avoid it altogether. What this means is that we have a sort of pre-determined drive to hold all our attitudes and behavior in harmony and avoid disharmony (or dissonance). This is known as the principle of cognitive consistency. When our attitudes or behaviors don't match, it creates dissonance. If we are going to get rid of the dissonance, we must change something. We aren't programmed to allow the dissonance to continue – in fact, we will feel mild to serious mental and emotional stress if we aren't allowed to resolve it. But here's where your narcissist comes in: since they make it nearly impossible for us to remain sane AND resolve the dissonance, this adds to our already-full emotional plate. How much damage it causes us depends on the level to which we take seriously the issue over which we have cognitive dissonance. Of course, the theory is the greater the dissonance the more you will naturally feel motivated to resolve it. Closed captioning provided by Athena Moberg and CPTSDFoundation.org, providing Daily Recovery Support™ to survivors and practitioners through trauma-informed education, resources, and daily calls, led with compassion that can only come from those who have experienced first hand how trauma can poison every aspect of your life and health. Discover. Understand. Overcome. It's how smart people change their lives! Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AuthorAngelaAtkinson?sub_confirmation=1 On this channel, I offer free daily video coaching to help you discover, understand and overcome narcissistic abuse in toxic relationships! I like to call it toxic relationship rehab. If that sounds good to you, hit that subscribe button. **LIVE EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY! Never miss a live session! Just text "AngieLive" (no spaces) to 33222 and I'll send you a text each time I get ready to go live! If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe to my channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/AuthorAngelaAtkinson?sub_confirmation=1 Schedule a coaching appointment with me at http://narcissisticabuserecovery.online Learn more at http://queenbeeing.com. Get my books at http://booksangiewrote.com, schedule a coaching appointment and/or pick up your free 5-day fear-busting email course (specially designed for narcissistic abuse survivors) at http://narcissismsupportcoach.com. Join SPAN (Support for People Affected by Narcissistic abuse in toxic relationships) - AKA "The SPANily" - at http://queenbeeing.com/span. Let's Also Connect On: Facebook at https://facebook.com/coachangieatkinson. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachangieatkinson/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/angyatkinson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/angieatkinsonSubscribe to Narcissistic Abuse Recovery with Angie Atkinson on Soundwise

"Life is full of lessons, and 'playing the hand you're dealt as well as you can play it' is a good one." -- Elliot Aronson Today I'm incredibly excited to welcome the legendary Elliot Aronson to The Psychology Podcast. Aronson is an eminent social psychologist who is best known for his groundbreaking experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance and for his invention of the Jigsaw Classroom, a highly effective cooperative teaching technique which facilitates learning while reducing interethnic hostility and prejudice. He is the only person in the 120-year history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its major awards: for writing, for teaching, and for research, and in 2007 he received the William James Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Association for Psychological Science, in which he was cited as the scientist who "fundamentally changed the way we look at everyday life.” Over the course of our in-depth and wide-ranging discussion, Aronson: Shares stories and key lessons from his famous mentors–Abraham Maslow and Leon Festinger–and how each of the two altered the course of his life, Illuminates with examples some of his most fascinating findings in the field of Social Psychology, Offers his take on the replication crisis and on what he calls the "TED-ification" of Psychology, Imparts on us wisdom he's gathered not just as a researcher and psychologist but also as a father and brother. It was a pleasure to have a legend in the field on the show for such a comprehensive conversation, filled with stories and lessons. Enjoy! Links: Elliot Aronson's memoir, Not By Chance Alone: My Life as a Social Psychologist, is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Not-Chance-Alone-Social-Psychologist/dp/0465031390 [Book] To learn more about Aronson's highly effective Jigsaw Classroom (from outcomes to implementation) visit https://www.jigsaw.org/ [Resource] The Social  Animal - Through vivid narrative, lively presentations of important research, and intriguing examples, Aronson's textbook offers a brief, compelling introduction to modern social psychology https://www.amazon.com/Social-Animal-Elliot-Aronson/dp/1429233419 [Textbook] (Mentioned) Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003K15IOE [Book]

LISTENER’S QUESTION “I have been listening to your podcasts and i find them very helpful for me to understanding how to communicate and work through some of my thoughts and needs in my relationship. I have been having an internal struggle with myself in my relationship that i was wondering if you might be able to help me work through and understand. I think this might have to deal somewhat with self love and self esteem but i am not sure how to get better with these subjects. I have this amazing boyfriend who knows I have insecurity issues and is really understanding and I believe I can trust him but I am having a struggle with modern normalities. There are 2 things that are similar but slightly different that I just can’t feel comfortable with. My boyfriend is a TV person and he likes to get into all sorts of shows ranging from standard TV to HBO and Cinemax type shows. He has told me that he doesn’t watch them for the sex scenes and nudity and i believe him but because he is a man i can’t think that he doesn’t enjoy them. This thought of that and how much there is in these shows makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to make him not watch the shows because it’s not his fault they put those scenes in these shows but I don’t know how to frame my mind to accept it. I also get uncomfortable about going anywhere where women will be barely wearing clothes like the beach, wondering if he might be enjoying what he sees, even though i know it’s natural to be attracted to other people it still makes me uncomfortable. I have talked to him about it and he has told me he is not a visual person and he doesn’t care about anyone else but i still understand that he is man. I want to be able to do these things with him because they are part of modern day life but i am having a hard time. If you could offer suggestions that would be so very helpful to me. I also would like to thank you so much for putting together these podcasts for people like me. They help me grow as a person and become a better partner.” DR. JESSICA HIGGINS’ RESPONSE Thank you for reaching out. I acknowledge your experience, the discomfort and struggle around these issues. I know it can be extremely painful. Also, I love that you are looking for ways to shift your experience and improve that way you deal with some of these insecurities. Today, I am going to offer you some tips to address your questions. I will also be offering general suggestions and recommendations for how to deal with insecurity in relationship. (Please listen to the podcast episode or read the transcript to hear explanations, stories and examples.) INSECURITY IN RELATIONSHIP When we are feeling insecure, we are typically feeling as though we are not good enough and/or we are feeling some type of threat. While most of us will have feelings of insecurity at some point or another, it is important to pay attention to when we notice a repetitive pattern of insecurity. Especially because insecurities can push people away and be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Feelings of insecurity usually involve: Inadequacy Anxiety Criticism Comparison Inadequacy When we question our value and self-worth, we tend to put a lot of emphasize on other people’s perceptions of us. We will look for outside validation, affirmation and reassurance to feel good about ourselves. The trouble with this approach is: We never feel solid and secure in our goodness and worth. We typically feel disempowered, lacking and inadequate. Getting validation and reassurance rarely leads to satiation and lasting change. At it’s best, it provides a temporary fix. When we do not believe we are good enough, it is very difficult to believe someone else’s high opinion of us or to receive someone’s compliment. We never feel trusting, relaxed and at peace with ourselves and our relationship. Anxiety Relationship will evoke our fears, wounds, and insecurities. When we love deeply, we are confronted with our attachment insecurities, essentially our trust, confidence, and belief that our partner will be there for us. If you have experienced any disappointment, loss, pain, rejection, abandonment, trauma, or neglect in your early years in how your caregiver/s provided for you, it is likely that you may have some level of attachment insecurity. Criticism How do you talk to yourself? What is your internal dialogue? Are you kind when you look in the mirror or do you criticize parts of your body? When you get dressed in the morning, what do you believe about your presentation (i.e. “Ugh, I hate my outfit.” “I need to lose weight.”)? When you make a mistake, what do you say to yourself? Sometimes, many times, we are our worst and harshest critics. There is nothing wrong with striving for greatness, but are we using pain, punishment, and shame as forms of motivation? Comparison In the The Comparison Trap, By Rebecca Webber, she writes “Social comparison theory was first put forth in 1954 by psychologist Leon Festinger, who hypothesized that we make comparisons as a way of evaluating ourselves. At its root, the impulse is connected to the instant judgments we make of other people—a key element of the brain’s social-cognition network that can be traced to the evolutionary need to protect oneself and assess threats.” DISTORTED MESSAGES Constant imagery of women’s bodies. Concentrated exposure designed to be compelling. Over sexualized. Not valuing other traits, qualities, and characteristics Killing Us Softly WHAT WILL NOT WORK Trying to control his environment. Attempting to control the environment is a negative cycle because you will not develop trust. For example, if you feel success in minimizing your discomfort, it will because you managed the situation. Avoiding creates more anxiety, and at times phobias, as you let fear dictate and limit your life. If he is not respectful towards women or has a wandering eye, then you will know. You trying to control the situation will get in the way of gathering this information, as well as taking away his opportunity to show-up for you. Comparing yourself to every women on television and out in public. By constantly measure your worth against others, you are giving your power away. This sells you short because the only way for you to be valuable or lovable is if you rank high. This is an anxious feeling because you always have to compete with others. Rather than just being your awesome self. Making your partner responsible. When we feel threatened, it is easy to judge that what your parent is doing is wrong or bad. For example, if a guy feels insecure about himself, and his significant other is friendly. His temptation might be to be critical of his partner…judging her as too outgoing and gregarious. He may even try to control who she talks to and socializes with. While he doesn’t feel safe and secure, he attempts to blame and control her. She is likely to push his blame and criticism away. Thus, leaving them both feeling hurt, scared, and disconnected. Seeking continual reassurance. It is natural to seek reassurance from our partner when we experience self-doubt. Yet, if this is our only method towards feeling more security, then we come dependent on our partner’s approval for our well-being. Your partner will likely resists this responsibility and burden. It is a burden because it requires them to only convey positive feelings towards you, which is not realistic or authentic. Getting carried away with negative thoughts, worries, and fears. What is your worry? What is your fear? The majority of relationship insecurities are based on irrational thoughts, fears, and worries. Letting anxious feelings rule. When we feel threatened, it is easy to react to the alarms going off. However, when it comes to relationship, very little good comes from reacting. When we react, it can feel like we are out of our minds. Which in some respects is true, we are not in our right place. It is very hard to think rationally when we are panicked. I hear people say “I don’t know what I was thinking.” “It is so not like me.” “I DO trust you.” Stay tuned for the next episode discussing “What Will Work” when feeling insecure in relationship. Until then, check out the Connected Couple program to develop happy, lasting love:   MENTIONED: ERP 125: How Kindness Can Strengthen Your Love (podcast episode) ERP 043: How To Transform Jealousy into Passion and Excitement (podcast episode) ERP 052: Save Your Relationship By Understanding Your Attachment Needs 9podcast episode) ERP 071: How To Use Sexual Energy To Improve Your Health & Relationship – With Sarina Stone The Comparison Trap, By Rebecca Webber (article) Killing Us Softly (Wikipedia page) Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash TRANSCRIPT: Click on this link to access the transcript for this episode: ERP 126: What To Do When You Feel Insecure In Relationship [Transcript] If you have a topic you would like me to discuss, please reach out to me. Here is my contact information. I would really appreciate your honest rating and review. Please leave a review by clicking here. 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Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at http://patreon.com/champagnesharks. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champagne-sharks/id1242690393?mt=2. D. Mills (http://twitter.com/mdmills79), Mike (http://twitter.com/blackexception1), and I discuss Hillary Clinton's new book "What Happened?", some funny meltdowns among the cult of diehard Hillary supporters including Joy Reid, and discuss Peter Daou and his new support group website for Hillaryites, Verrit. Discussed in this episode: Twitter threads by Joy Reid (https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/906612443736145920), Charles Clymer (https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/906657832359137280), and GothamGirlBlue (https://twitter.com/GothamGirlBlue/status/906012059191541766) melting down over Hillary When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, the book: http://amzn.to/2wafGd2 and a Wikipedia summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails "The Sapphire Caricature" (whole website is a good resource in general) https://ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/antiblack/sapphire.htm Peter Daou and Verrit: 1) https://theoutline.com/post/2207/the-strange-life-of-peter-daou, 2) http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/07/an_interview_with_peter_daou_verrit_founder_and_hillary_superfan.html and 3) https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/09/the-boy-in-the-bubble-peter-daous-verrit-is-peak-c.html

In the late summer of 1954, a brilliant young psychologist was reading the newspaper when his eye fell on a strange headline on the back page: prophecy from planet clarion call to city: flee that flood. it'll swamp us on dec 21, outer space tells suburbanite. His interest piqued, the psychologist, whose name was Leon Festinger, read on. “Lake City will be destroyed by a flood from Great Lake just before dawn, Dec. 21.

A Turkey Day treat for all! Our pal T (@RickyRawls) stops by the Park Slope Mansion to discuss his run-ins with the Anime Nazis/alt-right, their racial narcissism, and how Leon Festinger's "When Prophecy Fails" applies to Democrats after the election upset. We also wonder why Mike Pence even wanted to see Hamilton in the first place. Here's an interview with T on the alt-right: http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2016/11/an-interview-with-a-black-man-who-loves-standing-up-to-alt-right-trolls-on-twitter/

This Podcast Is Episode Number 0184 And It Will Be About Unique Tips To Avoid Bookkeepers Who Will Destroy Your Construction Company This podcast was recorded in late September 2016 in response to a trend we see all across the USA including Alaska and Hawaii. It is likely happening everywhere in the world. When the world economy collapsed beginning in 2008, a lot of companies went out of business, and one of the hardest hit sectors was construction. Thousands of bookkeepers were suddenly out of a job, and many of them began to freelance taking on a few clients in order to pay rent and keep food on the table. As the economy continues to improve a lot of them are finding jobs with contractors like you because of the security that comes with having a stable income. The problem is they have been accustomed to having lots of free time during office hours to chat on their cell phones, surf the web, spend time on Facebook and other social media sites; not buckling down and getting work done, right and on time. In addition, most of them have not kept up with the advances in Construction Accounting Technology let alone keeping the construction bookkeeping skills updated. What happens when he or she realizes they were earning $30 an hour as a freelance bookkeeper and now they are slaving away in your cramped office with no snacks, beverages, using outdated hardware and software for $10 an hour? Psychologists refer to it as mental stress or "Cognitive Dissonance" or "Mental Noise" or "The Chattering Monkeys of the Mind." Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance focuses on how humans strive for internal consistency. An individual who experiences inconsistency (dissonance) tends to become psychologically uncomfortable and is motivated to try to reduce this dissonance—as well as actively avoid situations and information likely to increase it.[1] Perception Is Reality Freelance bookkeepers average approximately 4 hours of paid work a day. In their minds, they are worth $30 an hour, and you are ripping them off by paying them 1/3 of what they perceive are worth.This thinking begins to consume them, and in since most bookkeepers have a Driver Personality it means they are confronted with the primal fear of all Driver Personalities “You Are Taking Advantage Of Me And I Am Going To Get Even!” There are several ways this plays out and the two most common are embezzlement and becoming a Bad Bookkeeper A Google Search - Of Construction Bookkeeper Embezzlement will generate thousands of hits, and most of it could have been avoided if the construction owner had known about and followed a few simple guidelines. #01 - Don't Hire A Bad Bookkeeper Click Here For More... #02 - Understand The Employee Theft 10-10-80 Rule - Discovered over many years of experience and first-hand observation by auditors, accountants, fraud examiners, anyone involved in detecting employee theft. Ten Percent - Of all employees including bookkeepers will steal in a variety of ways from office supplies, petty cash, graft, kickbacks, and payoffs from your suppliers, vendors and sub-contractors and even hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. They will do it regardless of how many security systems are in place because they lack integrity and have a "taker's" entitlement paradigm that states: "It Is Better To Take Than To Make". They cannot be stopped, only caught! And only then if you have systems in place and if you can convince the criminal justice system to take action, good luck with that! Ten Percent - Of all employees including bookkeepers will never steal because they have integrity and a "Producer's" paradigm that states: "It Is Better To Make Than To Take". In the end, these are the people who will add so much value to your company you cannot help but reward them with more money, benefits and recognition. Because if you do not they will be recruited by your competitors. This is another example of Leveling, click here to learn more. Eighty Percent - Of all employees including bookkeepers will steal if they feel certain they can get away with it and if circumstances allow for it due to weak integrity and a sense of "Redistributing The Wealth, But Not The Work Or The Responsibility." #03 - Your Bookkeeper - Asks for signature authority on your checking / savings / payroll accounts #04 - Your Bookkeeper - Has a lifestyle that seems above what they are earning #05 - Your Bookkeeper - Takes Records Home to work on or they want to work in the office when no one is around (Fraudulent activities are easier when nobody is around). #06 - Your Bookkeeper - Refuses to take a vacation. #07 - Your Bookkeeper - Gets defensive when you or your CPA asks questions. #08 - Your Bookkeeper - Has access to your credit/debit cards. #09 - Your Bookkeeper - Receives mail-order packages at work. #10 - Your Bookkeeper - Has QuickBooks in a complete mess and you cannot understand any of it. #11 - You Bookkeeper - Tries to explain away delinquency tax notices. #12 - Your Bookkeeper - Insists on picking up the daily mail. #13 - Your Bookkeeper - Is the primary contact for your company's banks, auditors, creditors, etc. #14 - Your Bookkeeper - Misplaces payroll receipts, deposit records, supplier letters, and estimates. #15 - Your Bookkeeper - Makes the bank deposits and they seem to be too small. #16 - Your Bookkeeper - Show signs of a drinking, drug, or gambling problem or family financial problems. #17 - Your Bookkeeper - Suggested they could save money by getting rid of the outside accounting firm. #18 - Your Bookkeeper - Gets angry when you ask for a QuickBooks report #19 - Your Bookkeeper - Tries to blame the previous Bookkeeper or outside accounting firm for messy QuickBooks #20 - Your Bookkeeper - Does not get along well with other employees and staff members. #21 - Paying bills with Cashiers Checks - When you look it up on the internet it will only show as a withdrawal There Are More Warning Signs - To be aware of and action steps you can take. Bad Bookkeeper Tell Tale Signs They train the contractor like an organ grinder trains a monkey, click here to learn more They refuse to invest time and money in continuing education because they know everything They are passive aggressive and will study you and your staff to learn how to manipulate everyone They are masters at gaining power over you, your staff, and new employees and outside suppliers They hate change and will fight tooth and nail to stop it, or they will destroy your company They know you're responsible for taxes, fines, penalties and interest; so this is where they get even They know how to increase your quarterly tax return costs, click here to learn more They understand that bookkeeping is 90% repetitive transactions and 10% complex transactions They don't know what to do with complex transactions, so they put them wherever they feel like They have side jobs working for other companies or an entire bookkeeping business on the side They decide how much integrity, if any; your company has and they tell everyone who will listen They create a miserable work environment causing turnover in your staff which costs you money They make your customers and clients feel unwelcome and unappreciated which costs you money They act as if they are serving time in jail and do the minimum required to keep their job They say things to suggest businesses are bad and construction company owners are the worst They are jealous of your success and even more so if they ever had a failed construction business They don't learn anything new; why should they, nobody is reviewing the QuickBooks They never learn anything new unless the company pays for the training and it is on the clock They quit when the tax return is being prepared because QuickBooks is a mess and they're caught They come in a little bit late every morning and leave a little bit early to make up for it They bait you with drama, nasty comments and minor actions to find your tolerance limit They get even with you for every perceived injustice against themselves and society as a whole They keep you busy with lots of mindless crap to divert attention from why the books are a mess They let you think you are in control of the bookkeeping and the bookkeeper until it is too late They make you think they are looking out the best interest of the company, LOL! They let the work expand to fill whatever time you are willing to pay them to get it done When they quit or get fired, expect to hear: “Chaos, panic and disorder...my work here is done.” They become indispensable in order to take time off whenever they please and hold you hostage They negotiate for additional perks, benefits, changes, and elimination of personal accountability They network for a better job with your clients, suppliers, vendors and your competitors They represent themselves to outsiders as the owner or manager with decision-making authority They text, message, e-mail, surf the web, chat on the phone and socialize on company time They train you to leave them alone by getting upset or angry whenever you want anything They work hard at causing just enough chaos, so owner does not earn more than the bookkeeper When your business fails, they tell everyone you were incompetent, and they saw it coming They live in a chaotic, neurotic, psychotic, selfish, disorganized, blame game environment  They work through lunch to leave earlier in the day (At the office for 7 hours and get paid for 8) Question - What happens when the person in control of QuickBooks is unhappy with you? Answer - The same thing that happens when the person who cooks your food is unhappy with you!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In The End - Bad Bookkeepers will leave you with unfiled and unpaid taxes, gasping, upset, with tear stained checks, wide-eyed, stupid, mouth open, standing in the middle of the highway of business success staring at the remains of your business, crashed, rolled over, upside down, in the ditch, on fire, with flames belching from all sides with no hope in sight. And then things get real ugly as you recall reading The General Contractor And The River Of Construction Commerce and realize all of this could have been avoided! I have seen bad bookkeepers ruin too many businesses, especially construction businesses. In most cases, it was Bookkeeper Incompetence or Bookkeeper Embezzlement, and in other cases, it appears to me there may have been some deliberate identity theft; however, I cannot be certain. All I know for sure is that I have witnessed business failures that have led to divorce, families destroyed, finances wiped out and people living on the streets. In a few extreme cases, I know of contractors that have taken their own lives and it needs to stop!   I trust this podcast helps you understand that outsourcing your contractors bookkeeping services to us is about more than just “doing the bookkeeping”; it is about taking holistic approach to your entire construction company and helping support you as a contractor and as a person. We Remove Contractor's Unique Paperwork Frustrations We understand the good, bad and the ugly about owning and operating construction companies because we have had several of them and we sincerely care about you and your construction company! That is all I have for now and if you have listened this far please do me the honor of commenting and rating podcast www.FastEasyAccounting.com/podcast Tell me what you liked, did not like, tell it as you see it because your feedback is crucial and I thank you in advance. You Deserve To Be Wealthy, Because You Bring Value To Other People's Lives! I trust this will be of value to you and your feedback is always welcome at www.FastEasyAccounting.com/podcast This is one more example of how Fast Easy Accounting is helping construction company owners across the USA including Alaska and Hawaii put more money in the bank to operate and grow your construction company. Construction accounting is not rocket science; it is a lot harder than that and a lot more valuable to construction contractors like you so stop missing out and call Sharie 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com   Thinking About Outsourcing Your Contractors Bookkeeping Services? Click On The Link Below: www.FastEasyAccounting.com/hs This guide will help you learn what to look for in outsourced construction accounting. Need Help Now? Call Sharie 206-361-3950 sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com Thank you very much and I hope you understand we really do care about you and all contractors regardless of whether or not you ever hire our services. Bye for now until our next episode here on the Contractors Success MAP Podcast. Warm Regards, Randal DeHart | Contractors Accountant Our Workflow Removes Your Paperwork Frustrations                     Contractors_Success_MAP, Contractors_Success_Marketing_Accounting_Production, Contractor_Bookkeeping_Services, QuickBooks_For_Contractors, QuickBooks_For_Contractors,Contractors_Success_Map_Unique_Tips_To_Avoid_Bookkeepers_Who_Will_Destroy_Your_Constructi

Tonight our podcast will try and reverse engineer the despotic end game scenario planned for all of us by the new world order.https://www.blackbird9tradingposts.org/2016/05/18/reverse-engineering-the-new-world-order-end-game-part-2-blackbird9-s-breakfast-club-podcast/ In the first hour we look at the works of Leon Festinger who laid the foundations for the current Jewish 4th generation asymmetrical psychological warfare campaign of White Genocide to bring about the Talmudic Noahide Laws through global governance. We also dig through the works of Martin Seligman who wrote Learned Helplessness Conditioning and Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment. In the final hour, host Frederick C. Blackburn concludes by using this model to analyze several recent news events and trends on social media.

Tonight our podcast will try and reverse engineer the despotic end game scenario planned for all of us by the new world order.https://www.blackbird9tradingposts.org/2016/05/18/reverse-engineering-the-new-world-order-end-game-part-2-blackbird9-s-breakfast-club-podcast/ In the first hour we look at the works of Leon Festinger who laid the foundations for the current Jewish 4th generation asymmetrical psychological warfare campaign of White Genocide to bring about the Talmudic Noahide Laws through global governance. We also dig through the works of Martin Seligman who wrote Learned Helplessness Conditioning and Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment. In the final hour, host Frederick C. Blackburn concludes by using this model to analyze several recent news events and trends on social media.

This is session number 013 of Influence Psychology and Persuasion podcast and this show is all about cognitive dissonance and how we can use it to improve our lives and outcomes dramatically. What is Cognitive Dissonance? This term refers to the situation where you have an internal conflict about your attitude, behaviours or a certain belief. Whenever you have this conflict, it is known as cognitive dissonance and it comes with a feeling of discomfort and in most cases the need to rationalise or reframe to realign those beliefs, thoughts, actions etc. An example would be: people smoking (their behaviour) yet they know it causes cancer and other serious diseases (their cognition). The cognitive dissonance would then show when a person would try to rationalise, reframe or make it right for them. “I've always done it, and it gives me a timeout” This is a theory that was presented by Leon Festinger in 1957. When he proposed this cognitive dissonance theory he explained that people want to remain consistent in their initial actions, and beliefs and this can give rise to irrational thinking and even maladaptive behaviour. A fantastic study that was done by Leon Festinger when he was observing as a participant of a cult that believed the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood. Some of the extremely committed members of this cult had even given up their jobs and their homes to work for the cult full time. Festinger wondered what would happen to the members beliefs when the time arose and the flood did not happen. When the time did arise, some of the fringe members recognised that they had been misinformed or perhaps began building beliefs unnecessarily left the group. However, those more experienced or committed members began to reinterpret or re-frame the evidence to show that there were right all along. Even though before the event was to happen they were absolutely certain that the Earth would end through flood and that members of the cult would be taken away to safety. Almost instantly, the most committed and experienced of the group fabricated a new justification of why the earth didn't flood or come to an end and this further compounded their belief.  

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Encountering When Prophecy Fails, Encountering Cognitive Dissonance: A Forum When Prophecy Fails was published in 1956 and is considered a “classic” by many in the field of social psychology and, arguably, in religious studies (e.g., in history of religions, biblical studies) and other fields as well. Like many such works, the book as its theory of cognitive dissonance has shaped numerous fields – and wider culture – in ways often unacknowledged. But how do the book and its theory speak to us today? How best to understand the long resonances of this book and its theory within academic study and in everyday life? Does the book’s popularity tell us anything about the book’s influence on religion, psychology and science? Did the book alter the object of knowledge in religion and/or in psychology? Does critical reflection suggest new ways to think about the religion, science and psychology relation that moves beyond applying psychological models to religious experience or using religious or spiritual experience to secure psychological concepts or evidence? This symposium will begin with a brief talk on the history of the books' nearly sixty years. Several scholars will join Dr. Bayer to offer further reflection on their own use of the book in their teaching and research. Together these trackings and tracings lend themselves to what may be called an ethnography of encounters with the life-world of a book, its ideas, culture, habitus of its catchy concept of cognitive dissonance, and spheres of action amongst religion, psychology and science. FORUM PARTICIPANTS: Lowell Bloss, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and of Asian Languages and Cultures, (University of Chicago Divinity School, History of Religion, PhD 1972) W. Clark Gilpin, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity and Theology in the Divinity School; also in the College; Interim Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion Susan E. Henking, President, Shimer College (University of Chicago Divinity School, Religion and Psychological Studies, PhD 1988). Seth Patterson, MFA, a professional theater artist and current M.Div. student, will provide a dramatic reading. Betty M. Bayer is professor of Women’s Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, where she teaches courses on notions of human nature in histories of women’s psyche, imagining peace, and debates amongst psychology, science, religion and spirituality. Most recently, she has published essays on spirituality and Enchantment in an Age of Occupy (2012). While a senior fellow at the Martin Marty Center she will be working on her book “Revelation or Revolution? Cognitive Dissonance and Persistent Longing in an Age Psychological.” This book entails a history and rethinking of the renowned 1956 book When Prophecy Fails by social psychologists Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Encountering When Prophecy Fails, Encountering Cognitive Dissonance: A Forum When Prophecy Fails was published in 1956 and is considered a “classic” by many in the field of social psychology and, arguably, in religious studies (e.g., in history of religions, biblical studies) and other fields as well. Like many such works, the book as its theory of cognitive dissonance has shaped numerous fields – and wider culture – in ways often unacknowledged. But how do the book and its theory speak to us today? How best to understand the long resonances of this book and its theory within academic study and in everyday life? Does the book’s popularity tell us anything about the book’s influence on religion, psychology and science? Did the book alter the object of knowledge in religion and/or in psychology? Does critical reflection suggest new ways to think about the religion, science and psychology relation that moves beyond applying psychological models to religious experience or using religious or spiritual experience to secure psychological concepts or evidence? This symposium will begin with a brief talk on the history of the books' nearly sixty years. Several scholars will join Dr. Bayer to offer further reflection on their own use of the book in their teaching and research. Together these trackings and tracings lend themselves to what may be called an ethnography of encounters with the life-world of a book, its ideas, culture, habitus of its catchy concept of cognitive dissonance, and spheres of action amongst religion, psychology and science. FORUM PARTICIPANTS: Lowell Bloss, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and of Asian Languages and Cultures, (University of Chicago Divinity School, History of Religion, PhD 1972) W. Clark Gilpin, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity and Theology in the Divinity School; also in the College; Interim Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion Susan E. Henking, President, Shimer College (University of Chicago Divinity School, Religion and Psychological Studies, PhD 1988). Seth Patterson, MFA, a professional theater artist and current M.Div. student, will provide a dramatic reading. Betty M. Bayer is professor of Women’s Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, where she teaches courses on notions of human nature in histories of women’s psyche, imagining peace, and debates amongst psychology, science, religion and spirituality. Most recently, she has published essays on spirituality and Enchantment in an Age of Occupy (2012). While a senior fellow at the Martin Marty Center she will be working on her book “Revelation or Revolution? Cognitive Dissonance and Persistent Longing in an Age Psychological.” This book entails a history and rethinking of the renowned 1956 book When Prophecy Fails by social psychologists Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter.

I am confident. I am secure in who I am. I am thrilled that you are using affirmations to support your personal growth! These are examples of how you can use affirmations for abundant living. Too often, our words and thoughts are negative and counter-productive. I'm here to help you change that. Listen as I talk to you about using the power of affirmations: Listen on iTunes or Listen to/download this episode here: Show Outline: We think between 50-70k thoughts per day. About 90-98% are the same. 70-80% are negative. What we focus on increases, so focus on the good things, the things you want more of! When speaking to children, instead of "don't drop this!" we should say "please carry this and gently set it down on the table. I'm proud of you!" If we spoke to our friends the way we speak to ourselves, we wouldn't have any friends. Cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values. Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance focuses on how humans strive for internal consistency. When inconsistency (dissonance) is experienced, individuals tend to become psychologically uncomfortable and they are motivated to attempt to reduce this dissonance, as well as actively avoiding situations and information which are likely to increase it. Affirmation statements: Personal, present: "I am" not "I want" or "I will" Also good are "I have", "I know," "I love" Focused on what you want: "I am prosperous" "I am enjoying financial freedom" instead of "I am debt free" because the focus is still on the debt rather than the result of not having debt Use feelings: "I am excited about my life" "I am so happy and grateful for the inner-peace I feel" Actively, right now, feel the feeling you want to feel when the affirmation is completely true in your life Support your goals, dreams, what you want in your life Can be phrased as a question "what is it about me that makes people like to be around me?" "what am I doing to be so successful?" Download your copy of Affirmations for Abundant Living Mentioned in this show: Affirmations for Abundant Living LIAM Team Life Coaching Community Please nominate me for a Shorty Award! Subscription/Social Links: Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Stitcher Radio! LIAM on Twitter: @LifeIs262 LIAM on Facebook / LifeIsAMarathon Subscribe to the LIAM Mailing List www.BruceVanHorn.com Bruce Van Horn on Twitter Bruce Van Horn on Facebook    

I am confident. I am secure in who I am. I am thrilled that you are using affirmations to support your personal growth! These are examples of how you can use affirmations for abundant living. Too often, our words and thoughts are negative and counter-productive. I'm here to help you change that. Listen as I talk to you about using the power of affirmations: Listen on iTunes or Listen to/download this episode here: Show Outline: We think between 50-70k thoughts per day. About 90-98% are the same. 70-80% are negative. What we focus on increases, so focus on the good things, the things you want more of! When speaking to children, instead of "don't drop this!" we should say "please carry this and gently set it down on the table. I'm proud of you!" If we spoke to our friends the way we speak to ourselves, we wouldn't have any friends. Cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values. Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance focuses on how humans strive for internal consistency. When inconsistency (dissonance) is experienced, individuals tend to become psychologically uncomfortable and they are motivated to attempt to reduce this dissonance, as well as actively avoiding situations and information which are likely to increase it. Affirmation statements: Personal, present: "I am" not "I want" or "I will" Also good are "I have", "I know," "I love" Focused on what you want: "I am prosperous" "I am enjoying financial freedom" instead of "I am debt free" because the focus is still on the debt rather than the result of not having debt Use feelings: "I am excited about my life" "I am so happy and grateful for the inner-peace I feel" Actively, right now, feel the feeling you want to feel when the affirmation is completely true in your life Support your goals, dreams, what you want in your life Can be phrased as a question "what is it about me that makes people like to be around me?" "what am I doing to be so successful?" Download your copy of Affirmations for Abundant Living Mentioned in this show: Affirmations for Abundant Living LIAM Team Life Coaching Community Please nominate me for a Shorty Award! Subscription/Social Links: Subscribe on iTunes! Subscribe on Stitcher Radio! LIAM on Twitter: @LifeIs262 LIAM on Facebook / LifeIsAMarathon Subscribe to the LIAM Mailing List www.BruceVanHorn.com Bruce Van Horn on Twitter Bruce Van Horn on Facebook    

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Professor Bayer is Professor of Women's Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a Martin Marty Center Senior Fellow for 2013-2014. Bayer's current project is a history of the renowned 1956 book “When Prophecy Fails” by social psychologists Leon Festinger, Henry Reicken, and Stanley Schachter and its place in the longer and larger history of debate amongst religion, psychology, spirituality and science on the soul or psyche. Situated in mid-1950s America, When Prophecy Fails enters the scene amidst cybernetic science, a time of reframing religion to become "newly psychological" (Ellwood, 1997), a shift in psychology toward cognition and away from behaviorism, and the stirrings of new age spirituality. The book as the theory it introduces thus marks a critical turning point in the long history of interplay amongst psychology, religion, science, and spirituality. The Martin Marty Center encourages advanced research in the diverse disciplines of the study of religion. Each year, the Center hosts fellows under a variety of programs. Senior Fellows are scholars from around the world, typically on leave from their home institutions. They situate their research within a broader cultural frame of reference, bringing their perspectives to bear on religious questions facing the wider public. They do so in the Marty Seminar, in which they present their work and critically discuss the presentations of other fellows, and by delivering a Marty Center symposium. - See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/endings-without-end-when-prophecy-fails-and-rise-new-age-spirituality-and-cognitive-dissonance

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Professor Bayer is Professor of Women's Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a Martin Marty Center Senior Fellow for 2013-2014. Bayer's current project is a history of the renowned 1956 book “When Prophecy Fails” by social psychologists Leon Festinger, Henry Reicken, and Stanley Schachter and its place in the longer and larger history of debate amongst religion, psychology, spirituality and science on the soul or psyche. Situated in mid-1950s America, When Prophecy Fails enters the scene amidst cybernetic science, a time of reframing religion to become "newly psychological" (Ellwood, 1997), a shift in psychology toward cognition and away from behaviorism, and the stirrings of new age spirituality. The book as the theory it introduces thus marks a critical turning point in the long history of interplay amongst psychology, religion, science, and spirituality. The Martin Marty Center encourages advanced research in the diverse disciplines of the study of religion. Each year, the Center hosts fellows under a variety of programs. Senior Fellows are scholars from around the world, typically on leave from their home institutions. They situate their research within a broader cultural frame of reference, bringing their perspectives to bear on religious questions facing the wider public. They do so in the Marty Seminar, in which they present their work and critically discuss the presentations of other fellows, and by delivering a Marty Center symposium. - See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/endings-without-end-when-prophecy-fails-and-rise-new-age-spirituality-and-cognitive-dissonance

This week, I talk about the doomsday religion that social psychology Leon Festinger studied in the 1950s. His studies led him to develop his theory of cognitive dissonance. The concept of cognitive dissonance has been with us for a long time (Wikipedia points out an example from Aesops Fables), but Festinger was the first to coin the term. In doing so, he launched a line of research that has been really fascinating...

Entender como funciona la disonancia cognitiva Hace ya muchos años (en 1957), Leon Festinger formuló una de las teorías que ha tenido una mayor repercusión dentro de la psicología social: la teoría de la disonancia cognitiva. Su teoría dio origen a una gran controversia y a múltiples experimentos posteriores que introdujeron modificaciones, si bien la base de la teoría quedó demostrada. Intentaré resumir en qué consiste dicha teoría incluyendo ya las aportaciones posteriores (Brehm y Cohen 1962). La teoría de la disonancia cognitiva nos dice que tendemos a producir relaciones consonantes con nuestras creencias y a evitar la disonancia. seguir leyendo Escuchar podcast

Mom discusses Leon Festinger, a social psychologist's, Theory of Cognitive Dissonance and how it applies to our everyday lives.