{"id":216706,"date":"2025-05-20T08:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=216706"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:29:16","slug":"don-knows-that-drinking-too-much-liquor-is-a-costly-habit-that-is-bad-for-his-health-but-he-continues-to-drink-large-amounts-of-liquor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/20\/don-knows-that-drinking-too-much-liquor-is-a-costly-habit-that-is-bad-for-his-health-but-he-continues-to-drink-large-amounts-of-liquor\/","title":{"rendered":"Don knows that drinking too much liquor is a costly habit that is bad for his health, but he continues to drink large amounts of liquor."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don knows that drinking too much liquor is a costly habit that is bad for his health, but he continues to drink large amounts of liquor. He also thinks he is a smart person that makes good choices. Don feels some psychological discomfort from this contradiction, which is also called<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aggressive discord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cognitive dissonance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perceptive deception<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peripheral dissension<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>Cognitive dissonance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cognitive dissonance is a psychological concept that refers to the mental discomfort or stress a person experiences when they hold two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or behaviors at the same time. In Don\u2019s case, he believes that he is a smart person who makes good choices. However, he also continues to engage in a behavior\u2014excessive drinking\u2014that he knows is harmful and unwise. These conflicting thoughts cause psychological discomfort because they are inconsistent with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This concept was first introduced by psychologist <strong>Leon Festinger<\/strong> in 1957. According to Festinger, when individuals become aware of the inconsistency between their beliefs and behaviors, they experience discomfort and are motivated to reduce this tension. There are typically three ways individuals attempt to reduce cognitive dissonance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Change behavior<\/strong> \u2013 Don could choose to stop or reduce his alcohol consumption to align with his belief that he makes smart choices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Change cognition<\/strong> \u2013 He might convince himself that alcohol isn\u2019t that bad or that he can handle it, thereby minimizing the perceived risk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add new cognitions<\/strong> \u2013 Don could add another belief, such as \u201cI drink to cope with stress,\u201d to justify the behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The psychological discomfort Don feels is <strong>not<\/strong> called <em>aggressive discord<\/em> (which is not a recognized psychological term), <em>perceptive deception<\/em> (which might imply intentional self-deception, but not the same thing), or <em>peripheral dissension<\/em> (also not a recognized term in psychology). The only scientifically valid and relevant term here is <strong>cognitive dissonance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, Don\u2019s conflicting self-image and behavior create an internal tension, and this tension is the hallmark of <strong>cognitive dissonance<\/strong>. Recognizing and resolving such dissonance is essential for psychological well-being and behavioral change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don knows that drinking too much liquor is a costly habit that is bad for his health, but he continues to drink large amounts of liquor. He also thinks he is a smart person that makes good choices. Don feels some psychological discomfort from this contradiction, which is also called Aggressive discord Cognitive dissonance Perceptive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}