September 2013
Beginner
320 pages
6h 20m
English
When people feel they have choice they perceive their workload to be lighter.
An increasingly popular psychological concept known as ‘cognitive dissonance’ describes when a person undertakes an action that is in conflict with a strongly held belief and subsequently seeks to justify or rationalise their action. In the process, errors of judgement or perception frequently occur.
For example, the researchers Emily Balcetis and David Dunning sought to investigate the impact of cognitive dissonance on spatial perceptions. They divided college students into two groups, both of whom were asked ...
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