Inconsistency-Avoidance Tendency

One of the psychological tendencies in Charlie Munger’s framework, discussed in Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgment. The mind resists changing prior conclusions, beliefs, and commitments. Munger argues this — acting together with other tendencies — explains why extremes of ideology are held with such intensity and antipathy to non-believers, producing extremes of cognitive dysfunction.

Where this appears

• Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgment — the reluctance to revise commitments as a driver of ideological rigidity.