One partial explanation comes from American social psychologist Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance.
一种部分解释来自美国社会心理学家莱昂费斯廷格的认知失调理论。
Theory of cognitive dissonance
原声例句
心理学 Crash Course
心理学 Crash Course
The Stanford prison experiment illustrated how a situation can override individual differences in personality, while Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance explained how we ease the tension between conflicting thoughts and actions.
斯坦福监狱实验说明了情境如何可以克服个性的个体差异，而莱昂费斯廷格的认知失调理论解释了我们如何缓解相互冲突的思想和行动之间的紧张关系。
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Cognitive dissonance 认知失调
（重定向自Theory of cognitive dissonance）
In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, performs an action that is contradictory to one or more beliefs, ideas, or values, or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values.