Cognitive Dissonance

"Cognitive Dissonance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Motivational state produced by inconsistencies between simultaneously held cognitions or between a cognition and behavior; e.g., smoking enjoyment and believing smoking is harmful are dissonant.

Descriptor ID	D003073
MeSH Number(s)	F02.463.188.305
Concept/Terms	Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Dissonances Dissonance, Cognitive Dissonances, Cognitive

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena and Processes [F02]
Mental Processes [F02.463]
Cognition [F02.463.188]
Cognitive Dissonance [F02.463.188.305]

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