• The cognitive dissonance between the act of firing someone and the manager's beliefs about what is decent behaviour can be extremely painful.
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I got a sense of cognitive dissonance when I bought a car that was more expensive than I could afford.
Let's say an investor decides in advance that he is going to purchase shares of a firm when the price drops to $78 a share. The price is currently at $80 a share. All of a sudden, the company's stock price starts going up. The investor's belief that the stock would be a good buy at $78 seems to be contradicted by the stock's current behavior. The investor decides to buy at $85 instead of $78 to reconcile the cognitive dissonance he is experiencing. This may not be as good of an investment decision, but the investor will rationalize himself into thinking it is, mainly to get rid of his feeling of cognitive dissonance.
1) диссонанс сознания; внутренний конфликт, создаваемый противоположными чувствами, представлениями и т. п.
2) совершение действий, находящихся в противоречии с убеждениями
2) диссонанс сознания; создается противоположными представлениями, чувствами; внутренний конфликт;
3) совершение действий, находящихся в противоречии с убеждениями.