Hazing (putting new members of a social organization through unpleasant and often dangerous rituals) is a tool used by some fraternities and sororities to create a sense of community and ensure loyalty to the group. Hazing works by creating dissonance associated with .

Cognition

Explanation:

According to social psychology, hazing causes cognitive dissonance, which is defined as the mental stress an individual feels in a moment when they are dealing with opposing beliefs. For example, when a student goes through an initiation, the student accepts one of the two dissonances: the initiation was not pleasant or exaggerate that the initiation was pleasant. The more brutal the initiation is the more the student tries to justify and convince themselves that the initiation was enjoyable.