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DISSONANCE [15 records]

Record 1 2024-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

An unpleasant psychological state resulting from inconsistency between two or more elements in a cognitive system.

CONT

When someone tells a lie and feels uncomfortable about it because he fundamentally sees himself as an honest person, he may be experiencing cognitive dissonance. That is, there is mental discord related to a contradiction between one thought(in this case, knowing he did something wrong) and another(thinking that he is honest).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

État de tension apparaissant lorsqu'un individu détient simultanément deux cognitions (idées, opinions, croyances) qui sont psychologiquement inconsistantes.

CONT

De plus, ce positivisme toxique va instaurer chez [cette personne] une dissonance cognitive à cause de pensées contradictoires du type «je suis triste/je dois être heureux».

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jazz
DEF

In jazz-based harmony, melody, and improvisation, a scale degree that obscures the harmonic function of a chord and/or creates a strong dissonance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jazz
Key term(s)
  • note dissonnante

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
  • Advertising Techniques
DEF

[The] tendency for individuals to seek consistency among their cognitions (i.e., beliefs, opinions).

CONT

Cognitive Dissonance Theory, developed by Leon Festinger(1957), is concerned with the relationships among cognitions […] When there is an inconsistency between attitudes or behaviors(dissonance), something must change to eliminate the dissonance. In the case of a discrepancy between attitudes and behavior, it is most likely that the attitude will change to accommodate the behavior.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Comportement humain
  • Techniques publicitaires
DEF

Théorie selon laquelle la coexistence, chez un même individu, d’éléments de connaissance qui ne s’accordent pas, entraîne de sa part un effort pour les faire, d’une façon ou d’une autre, mieux s’accorder.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Electronic Music
CONT

Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Musique électronique
CONT

La musique bruitiste [...] est une vaste appellation pouvant regrouper plusieurs genres musicaux, relevant de trois grandes familles musicales : l'électroacoustique, la musique industrielle et le rock.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
Key term(s)
  • post-decision dissonance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
Key term(s)
  • postpurchase dissonance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Dissonance produces disconfort and correspondingly, there will arise pressures to reduce or eliminate the dissonance. The person may try to change one or more of the beliefs, opinions or behaviors involved in the dissonance, to acquire new information or beliefs that will increase the existing consonance and thus cause the total dissonance to be reduced; or to forget or reduce the importance of those cognitions that are in a dissonant relationship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
  • Motivation and Advertising Psychology
CONT

After a buyer makes a decision, he may have second thoughts. He may have chosen from among several attractive alternatives-weighting the pros and cons and finally making a decision. Later doubts, however, may lead to dissonance-tension caused by uncertainty about the rightness of a decision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
  • Motivation et psychologie de la publicité
CONT

Quand une personne choisit entre deux ou plusieurs possibilités, un malaise ou une dissonance surgit inévitablement parce que la personne sait bien que la décision qu'elle a prise comporte un certain nombre d'avantages et d'inconvénients. Cette dissonance naît après presque chaque décision et l'individu va invariablement prendre des mesures pour réduire cette dissonance.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

The success of the consonance model underscores important, unforeseen similarities between what had been formerly regarded as the rather exotic process of dissonance reduction and a variety of other, more mundane psychological processes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 1995-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
  • Human Behaviour
OBS

In general, by "dual relationship", it is presumed to mean that a professional, whether a psychologist or a coach, cannot easily and efficiently maintain two different kinds of relationships with the same patient (or athlete). For instance, a psychologist, who is a friend of the patient, cannot effectively maintain a dual relationship with his patient a) as a clinician and b) as caring person or a friend with emotions - at the same time. Inversely, the patient who is a friend of the clinician will likely make undue demands on his friend, e.g. asking for non-essential medication, but at the same time expecting the clinician to provide the best psychiatric care.

CONT

... As psychologists, we are expected to avoid dual relationships wherever possible ... Expected response: appreciation of the reality that this standard must be adapted in small centres where dual relationships cannot always be avoided ....

CONT

... The supervisor/trainer's ethical responsibility is to clearly delineate the purpose and structure of a given supervisory task, and then overtly negotiate a working relationship with the supervisee. When the possibility of a dual relationship is being considered, both supervisor and supervisee need to openly discuss the potential for dissonance and conflict in relation to factors such as role expectations, obligations, and power... The sports psychologist/athletic coach dual role : advantages, difficulties, and ethical considerations... The areas of conflict between both roles are addressed... A main advantage of the dual relationship is the ability to fully understand both athletic demands and precise psychological needs. Difficulties include the limited time available for both roles, the excessive emotional involvement in athletic competition, and a lack of mutual trust... personal dilemmas posed by being a parent and a resident in the community is related to the dual relationship provision of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists... It is suggested that clinicians be aware of relevant law when working within a forensic context and refrain from having the dual relationship of therapist and forensic examiner... [Source : PsycINFO database].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le tiers de la relation duelle et la transmission de l'analyse. [Source : base de données MEDLINE].

OBS

Termes connexes : relation médecin-malade, relation ami-malade, relation d'aide.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

The assumption that most people want agreement or harmony in their thoughts about the world.

OBS

Related terms : balance theory, cognitive dissonance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Postulat selon lequel la majorité des gens recherchent un accord ou un équilibre dans leurs pensées concernant le monde.

OBS

Termes connexes : dissonance cognitive, théorie de l'équilibre.

Spanish

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Record 12 1981-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

The Dynamic-Spender has assumed one of the promotable-now postures that is representative of the Dynamic manager who has run out of gas. He has reached the stage at which all the authority he can delegate developmentally has been delegated. Assuming that the complexity of his job has not changed significantly, and that his resources have remained relatively constant, he must sooner or later arrive at a point where he has done as much as he can for his group.(...) He must move-upward, laterally, or out-or he will simply resolve his dissonance in a most undesirable way-by becoming a Passive-Spender.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

Le dépensier dynamique est dans la situation du manager dynamique qui a une panne de carburant. Il a atteint le niveau où toute l'autorité qu'il peut déléguer utilement a été transmise. Supposant que la complexité de son poste n'a pas changé de façon sensible et que ses ressources sont restées relativement constantes, il doit tôt ou tard arriver à un point où il a fait tout ce qui était possible pour son groupe. (...) Il doit s'élever latéralement ou vers l'extérieur, ou il résoudra tout simplement son inconfort d'une façon tout à fait indésirable, en devenant un dépensier passif.

Spanish

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Record 13 1981-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

Following a choice, dissonance arising from the attractive features of the rejected alternative and from the unattractive features of the selected alternative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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Record 14 1981-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

A theory suggesting that, the larger the incentive for counterattitudinal role playing, the greater the attitude change. This hypothesis contrasts with dissonance theory's prediction of a negative relationship between the magnitude of the incentive and attitude change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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Record 15 1979-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

Cognitive dissonance : A situation in which a state of inconsistency or disharmony develops between an individual' s or a group's values, beliefs, or opinions, on the one hand, and information, knowledge, or the perception of experience, on the other. Such inconsistency forces some kind of action or adjustment in order to restore balance and harmony.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

Dissonance cognitive: Propriété de la relation entre deux éléments du domaine cognitif d'un sujet telle que l'un des deux éléments tiendrait à entraîner l'inverse de l'autre ou sa négation par l'intermédiaire de pressions et jusqu'à la réduction de la dissonance.

Spanish

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