shunned - So you've sold your home, quit your job, ___________ your colleagues, abandoned your friends and family., flood - The end of the world is nigh, and you 'know for a fact' that you are one of the chosen few who will be swept up from the 'great ______' approaching on 21st December at midnight to be flown to safety on a far off planet., saucer - No flying _______ to the rescue., doomsday - Social psychologist Leon Festinger infiltrated a flying saucer ___________ cult in the late 1950s., fateful - In the lead up to the __________ day,, shied away from - the cult shunned publicity and _____________ journalists., prophecy - How would the disappointed cultists react to the failure of their ___________?, coverage - They wanted media attention and ___________., faith - So they could explain how their ________ and obedience had helped save the planet from the flood., coined - Festinger _________ the term 'cognitive dissonance', particularly - What is _____________ interesting is the lengths to which people will go to reduce the inner tension without accepting that they might, in fact, be wrong., intolerance - Festinger quickly realized that our _____________ for 'cognitive dissonance' could explain many mysteries of human behavior., appraisal - Emotional factors influence how we vote for our politicians much more than our careful and logical ________ of their policies, sensible - I tell myself it's more ____________ to wait before vacuuming, mature - Cognitive dissonance can actually help me _____________ .,

Cognitive Dissonance

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