cognitive dissonance is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a person holds two or more contradictory beliefs, attitudes, or values at the same time. This causes mental discomfort and motivates the person to reduce the inconsistency by changing their beliefs, attitudes, or values, or by rationalizing or avoiding the conflicting information.
Political Propaganda The evolution of political propaganda from World War II to modern times is rich and complex, This article attempts to pull out differing themes we can see as they travel through time and Read more…
Critical thinking is an essential concept that refers to the self-guided, self-disciplined thinking that aims to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. In this article we will look at the origins and influencers of the critical approach, and maps out the important foundations to this life changing system of thinking.
There are intrusive actions, intrusive feelings, intrusive emotions and intrusive thoughts. They are all intrusive, as they are not wanted, but there is no indication of them being from someone else, or an external influence.