Cognitive Dissonance Definition. Cognitive dissonance occurs when tension arises between a person's attitudes or beliefs and a decision that contradicts those pre-existing modes of thinking. The psychological phenomenon also occurs when a person chooses between two equally attractive or equally unappealing options. According to the Business Dictionary's website, the most common example of cognitive dissonance in the business world is the occurrence of buyer's remorse..
nursery rhyme. a short, simple poem or song for very young children, as Hickory Dickory Dock.
Rub-A-Dub-Dub is an English language nursery rhyme first published at the end of the eighteenth century in volume two of Hook's Christmas Box[1] under the title Dub a dub dub rather than Rub a dub dub. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3101.