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Old 07-18-2007, 03:38 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MrBig View Post
The mental discomfort associated with seeing something that does not match our expectations is reflected in the exasperation of one participant in the experiment who, while looking at the cards, reported, "I can't make the suit out, whatever it is. It didn't even look like a card that time. I don't know what color it is now or whether it's a spade or a heart. I'm not even sure what a spade looks like. My God!" "
This is classic!


So that's what's wrong with me...cognitive dissonance. Very interesting.
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