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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
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In article <1994Nov14.134343.18337@njitgw.njit.edu>,
Aaron Watters <aaron@cis.njit.edu> wrote:
> In article <3a68n9$15j@avocado.pc.helsinki.fi> janne@avocado.pc.helsinki.fi (Janne Sinkkonen) writes:
> >In psychology, cognitive dissonance refers to something like the gap
> >between real life and ideals. The result often is that you start to
> >value things differently.

> This was not my understanding.  As I understand it cognitive
> dissonance refers to the effect where your preconceptions warp
> your perception of reality.

Both of these are different ways of saying the same thing.

Both of them describe the *result* of cognitive dissonance. The term itself
means pretty much the same thing it does in music.
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