Cognitive Dissonance Theory, created by Leon Festinger, is “a distressing mental state caused by inconsistency between a person’s two beliefs or a belief and an action.” Festinger made three hypotheses to go along with this theory. The second of the three hypothesis is called Postdecision Dissonance. This dissonance is similar to buyer’s remorse. One feels a great amount of tension after they have bought something and starts questioning themselves. However, buying something isn’t always the situation. This type of tension can happen after any difficult decision has been made. After the decision has been made, the person then questions themselves on whether or not they made the right decision.

In the movie, The Sandlot, the main character, Smalls, hits his dads baseball over the fence. After, all of his friends question him about why he did that since that baseball was personally signed by Babe Ruth. Smalls feels instant guilt and he is filled with anger because of his decision to hit the baseball over the fence. Smalls has increased his post decision dissonance because of the fact that he hit his father’s precious signed baseball over the fence where a ferocious dog, otherwise known as The Beast lives.

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