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Today is January 9 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is: "How often do you experience cognitive disequilibrium?" According to psychology professor Nevitt Sanford, the experience of cognitive disequilibrium produces feelings of internal dissonance that manifests itself as uncertainty, and sometimes as conflict and even threat. “But it is the experience of such dissonance that opens up the possibility for learning and growth because it nudges individuals into confronting and considering new ways of understanding, thinking, and acting that help to unsettle the old and integrate it with the new.” How often do you experience cognitive disequilibrium?
By Michael Edmondson, Ph.D.Today is January 9 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is: "How often do you experience cognitive disequilibrium?" According to psychology professor Nevitt Sanford, the experience of cognitive disequilibrium produces feelings of internal dissonance that manifests itself as uncertainty, and sometimes as conflict and even threat. “But it is the experience of such dissonance that opens up the possibility for learning and growth because it nudges individuals into confronting and considering new ways of understanding, thinking, and acting that help to unsettle the old and integrate it with the new.” How often do you experience cognitive disequilibrium?