Cognitive Dissonance Is

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Multiple Choice

Cognitive dissonance is:

• A) the tendency of members of a group to avoid taking responsibility for their actions because they assume that others will do so.
• B) a state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent.
• C) a belief that a statement is true just because the person has heard it repeated over and over again.
• D) the tendency for members of a close-knit group to think alike for the sake of harmony and to suppress disagreement.

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Definitions:

α-Halogenate

Refers to the introduction of a halogen atom (e.g., chlorine, bromine) into the alpha position of an organic molecule relative to a functional group.

Ketones

Organic compounds containing a carbonyl group (C=O) flanked by two carbon atoms, featured in various chemical reactions.

Aldehydes

Organic compounds characterized by the functional group -CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center bonded to hydrogen and an R group, used in various chemical syntheses.

Resonance Structures

Representations of a molecule or ion where the chemical connectivity is the same but the electrons are distributed differently around the structure.