Explaining contradictory behavior as audience-dependent exemplifies moderate integration

Evidence

Cognitive dissonance is the name given to this unpleasant feeling when we fear we have made a mistake, when doubts arise about a decision, when a previous commitment is called into question. It describes the inner state of tension that arises when our behavior is not consistent with our values, when an investment yields less profit than expected, an action is more arduous than anticipated, when a decision turns out to be wrong, when we are disappointed or frustrated about something we ourselves have chosen. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 172 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Polemical strategy’s opening move determines whether an audience will listen; Audiences interpret identical media messages in varied, non-passive ways — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes…, 20; The same emotional tactic succeeds or fails depending on audience empathy — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 248 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Cognitive dissonance is tension from inconsistency between behavior and values #complicates (0.73) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 172