This theory suggests that our brains avoid clashing thoughts because they interfere with our ability to take effective action.
fr: Modèle basé sur l'action
Attitudinal Ambivalence
noun
This is the mental state of having both positive and negative feelings toward the same thing at the same time.
fr: Ambivalence attitudinale
Balanced Identity
noun
This is a mental process where you link two different concepts together simply because they both relate back to how you see yourself.
fr: Identité équilibrée
Cognitive dissonance
noun
It's the uncomfortable feeling people get when they hold two ideas that do not match, such as knowing a habit is unhealthy but doing it anyway.
fr: Dissonance cognitive
Conflict Escalation
noun
This happens when people keep pouring time or money into a failing plan just to justify the choices they already made. Linked with the ``sunk cost fallacy``.
fr: Escalade du conflit
Effort Justification Paradigm
noun
This is the idea that the more pain or hard work you put into something, the more you will end up liking it.
fr: Paradigme de justification de l'effort
Epistemic Function
noun
It's the idea that consistent thoughts are important because they prove our system of beliefs about the world is correct
fr: Fonction épistémique
External Self-justification
noun
Blaming outside factors like social pressure or a lack of control to explain away why you did something wrong.
fr: Autojustification externe
Forced Compliance Paradigm
noun
This is a study method showing that people will change their personal opinions to match a behavior if they don't have a good outside excuse for doing it.
fr: Paradigme de la conformité forcée
Hypocrisy Induction
noun
It's a way to make people change by pointing out the gap between the good values they preach and their own past failures.
fr: Induction de l'hypocrisie
Insufficient Justification
noun
When people lack a strong outside reason for their behavior, they often change their inner beliefs to make their actions seem okay.
fr: Justification insuffisante
Processing Fluency
noun
This describes how easily your brain can understand information, though certain information being too easy to read can sometimes hide logical errors.
fr: Fluidité de traitement
Self-justification
noun
Reducing guilt by changing your own attitude or telling yourself that the bad results of your actions don't really matter.
fr: Autojustification
Spreading-of-alternatives
noun
After making a choice, people often start to see the option they picked as much better and the one they rejected as much worse.
fr: Diffusion des alternatives
Subtyping
noun
This is when people protect their stereotypes by seeing someone who doesn't fit the group as just a "special exception".