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A good way to help yourself quit smoking is to spend time educating other people about the dangers of smoking. Because one action (smoking) is incongruent with the other action (telling others about dangers related to smoking), you will probably experience

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Cognitive Dissonance- A psychological theory proposed by Leon Festinger. When a person holds two contradictory beliefs that goes against their established behavior, compels them to change it until they become consistent with one unified belief.

A person trying to quit smoking and educating others about its dangers leads to an internal inconsistency. It leads to a psychological discomfort eventually motivating to reduce the cognitive dissonance. They eventually change the behavior so as to reduce the psychological stress.

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