'Cognitive dissonance': Why people protected Jerry Sandusky instead of helping his victims

[Grassy Knoll]

Card Carrying Republican, Christian Family Values Man Goes Down.

[MindMover]

1. People believe and protect who they want to protect for many different...

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reasons. Mainly, we protect another person or institution because we have something to gain or lose if we do not.

"Cognitive Dissonance is when people tend to seek consistency in their beliefs and perceptions. So what happens when one of our beliefs conflicts with another previously held belief? The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the feeling of discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs. When there is a discrepancy between beliefs and behaviors, something must change in order to eliminate or reduce the dissonance."

http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/dissonance.htm

[Grassy Knoll]

2. So you plagiarized Kendra Cherry To make.....

yourself look smart, at least come up with your own analysis. Jeez.

[MindMover]

3. My input/analysis are the first two sentences...

The way cognitive dissonance was being used by whoever was talking about dissonance was using the terminology incorrectly and that was really my point. ...and I am not trying to "look smart", I already have one doctorate in psychology....no need to look smart.

I apologize for not linking to Kendra's definition. I did edit to include the link.

[marble falls]

4. I don't think you did anything wrong. I got the quotation marks.