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Sent: September 27, 2011 12:39
To: Meir Weiss
Subject: New Podcast: Carol Tavris talks about Cognitive Dissonance
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I have just released Episode 43 of Books and Ideas. As you can see from the
show notes below, it could almost be an episode of the Brain Science
Podcast, which is why I will put it into the BSP feed next week.
Feel free to reply to this message if you want to send me feedback.
Ginger Campbell, MD
Image removed by sender.Carol Tavris, PhD Click for audioThe theory of
cognitive dissonance is not new but Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why
We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=M6cpgPGrmPcPxWgR
PZ6hWg> and Elliot Aronson makes cognitive dissonance accessible to
everyone, and, more importantly, Tavris and Aronson make it clear why we
should care. As Dr. Tavris explained in a recent interview (
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=mhq.Nfm1T8_OJNy8
fcdfCQ> Books and Ideas #43 ), "cognitive dissonance is a theory of blind
spots." Appreciating how our brains automatically strive to decrease the
discomfort we feel when faced with conflicting beliefs, can help us become
aware of how these blind spots effect our behavior and attitudes.
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=yuATYh7vwC8zGx4.
Bbd2Bw> Image removed by sender. listen-to-audio-20Listen to Episode 43 of
Books and Ideas
Episode Transcript (Download PDF
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=wOLxY2JZYsd.SNXV
c_hpFA> )
Cognitive dissonance is also revelevant to anyone with an interest in
science because as Dr. Tavris noted: "the scientific method is designed to
create dissonance--in a way, we could say this. This is one of the reasons
science is so unpopular--I should say is so difficult--because scientists
are humans, and scientists don't like it when their predictions are
disconfirmed. But, you see, as we now understand, the mind is designed for
consistency, for consonance; it's designed to notice, and remember, and
confirm evidence that supports our beliefs, and to forget and ignore
information that is dissonant with our beliefs.
It's such an interesting thing for those of us interested in skepticism and
science, because the scientific method is designed to create dissonance--in
a way, we could say this. This is one of the reasons science is so
unpopular--I should say is so difficult--because scientists are humans, and
scientists don't like it when their predictions are disconfirmed. But, you
see, as we now understand, the mind is designed for consistency, for
consonance; it's designed to notice, and remember, and confirm evidence that
supports our beliefs, and to forget and ignore information that is dissonant
with our beliefs."
Links and References
* Carol Tavris, PhD:
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=M6cpgPGrmPcPxWgR
PZ6hWg> social psychologist, author, and public speaker.
* Leon Festinger, PhD
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=WpoBlhCXqMdKb6s2
QjY_bQ> (1957) A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Stanford Univeristy
Press.
*
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=vchwWjj9ja0R3I66
.hvG0g> Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs,
Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.
*
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=PM2PpCrd7pcvaqXt
.bS7eQ> The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson. This is a classic text in
social psychology.
* 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread
Misconceptions about Human Behavior
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=pIbn5L16buXNO_Py
TBmdPw> by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L.
Beyerstein (Dr. Lilienfeld was interviewed in
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=ixVFDMTQbwSuYnjx
19f9rg> Brain Science Podcast #70.)
*
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=1BqyQs.89kPU24H_
cnsbig> The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the
Nation by Drew Westen.
* McCabe, D.P., & Castel, A.D. (2008). Seeing is believing: The effect
of brain images on judgments of scientific reasoning. Cognition, 107,
343-352.
* See episode transcript
<http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CQO.F&m=3Vjifb9KOU9mbyh&b=wOLxY2JZYsd.SNXV
c_hpFA> for additional references.
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