Convincing yourself that something you can’t have is not worth having anyway. In CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY that is called RATIONALISATION: in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY it is seen as an attempt to resolve COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.
Convincing yourself that something you can’t have is not worth having anyway. In CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY that is called RATIONALISATION: in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY it is seen as an attempt to resolve COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.
