Cognitive Dissonance Arises When We Notice a Discrepancy Between Our

question 20

Multiple Choice

Cognitive dissonance arises when we notice a discrepancy between our attitudes and our behaviors.One way we can reduce the dissonance is by ________.

• A)modifying either the attitude or the behavior to be more extremely inconsistent with each other
• B)focusing more of our attention on the discrepancy to determine whether the attitude or the behavior is more important to us
• C)describing the dissonant attitude and behavior to a significant other person to seek their support
• D)using self-affirmation,whereby we restore positive self-evaluations by focusing our attention on positive self-attributes
• E)strengthening the attitude and the behavior and ignoring the discrepancy

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