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Changing your mind.
When individuals detect an inconsistency in a set of propositions, they tend to change their minds about at least one proposition to resolve the inconsistency. The orthodox view from William James (1907) onward has been that a rational change should be minimal. We propose an alternative hypothesis according to which individuals seek to resolve inconsistencies by explaining their origins. We rep...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/438915a