Archive for November, 2006
Cognitive Dissonance, Doublethink, Groupthink, and the Market
Monday, November 27th, 2006What is cognitive dissonance? Wikipedia.org writes the following “Cognitive dissonance” is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions, which can be defined as any element of knowledge, including attitude, emotion, belief, or behavior; in laymen’s terms, it is the uncomfortable tension that comes from holding two conflicting thoughts at the same time. The theory [...]