cognitive dissonance

And yes, the Bush administration clearly has a collective cognitive dissonance problem.

It is a cognitive dissonance at the heart of our genre.

This is not a president, they said, at risk of being paralyzed by cognitive dissonance.

Yeah I was going to say this sounds exactly like cognitive dissonance theory.

This could also be seen engaging in as a form of cognitive dissonance.

Especially at the moment; no point in causing these people any more cognitive dissonance than was necessary.

An explanation for the effect is provided by cognitive dissonance theory.

But in both countries, public and politicians suffer from cognitive dissonance.

Therefore, the cognitive dissonance theory is evident in this case.

The result is a kind of political cognitive dissonance.

They stared at each other, waiting for the cognitive dissonance to settle.

I love the sound of Cognitive Dissonance in the morning.

The program's director suggests that "some Americans may be avoiding having an experience of cognitive dissonance."

However, it is often possible to introduce cognitive dissonance through thought experiments.

This creates a cognitive dissonance that they then must work to eliminate.

The assertion and the justification give me a bad case of cognitive dissonance.

I think that the main thing keeping long-term interest rates low right now is cognitive dissonance.

This was another area of cognitive dissonance for Democrats.

The only way they could solve this cognitive dissonance was to fight back."

It was more subtle than that, just a quick moment of total and complete cognitive dissonance.

Either act would be worth checking out on its own, so bear with the cognitive dissonance and enjoy.

Cognitive dissonance, not to mention beauty anxiety, are setting in.

Desire to stick with previously made decisions because cognitive dissonance is strong.

"That was a cognitive dissonance that needed to be addressed."

The conference is known for moments of mind-bending cognitive dissonance.