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concept:cognitive-dissonanceCognitive Dissonance
The phenomenological response grappling with contradiction evokes in humans; used to motivate Experiment 4's paradox prompts
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method
- 50 paradoxical prompts each ending with a reflection clause, measuring whether self-referential state transfers to downstream introspection
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