Cognitive Dissonance Is More Likely to Occur When a Person

question 120

Multiple Choice

Cognitive dissonance is more likely to occur when a person feels that her actions are coerced and when the counterattitudinal behaviour __________ her sense of self-worth.

• A)lowers
• B)contributes to
• C)threatens
• D)enhances

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