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Cognitive Dissonance

Medical Definition: Motivational state produced by inconsistencies between simultaneously held cognitions or between a cognition and behavior; e.g., smoking enjoyment and believing smoking is harmful are dissonant.
Guide Notes: no qualif
Previously Indexed: Cognition (1966-1968),Motivation (1966-1968)

Cognitive Dissonance Medical Definitions and Terms

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