Disconfirmed expectancy
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Disconfirmed expectancy
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Disconfirmed expectancy is a psychological term for what is commonly known as a failed prophecy. According to the American social psychologist Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance, disconfirmed expectancies create a state of psychological discomfort because the outcome contradicts expectancy. Upon recognizing the falsification of an expected event an individual will experience the competing cognitions, "I believe [X]," and, "I observed [Y]." The individual must either discard the now
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Psychological term for what is commonly known as a failed prophecy
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2023-11-02T22:39:04Z
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