You Woke Up Late and Are Far Behind at Work

question 67

Multiple Choice

You woke up late and are far behind at work. When you reach the end of your rope, you treat your secretary with hostility and disrespect. This mistreatment causes you to experience dissonance, which you are most likely to reduce by __________.

• A) apologizing to the secretary and bringing him back flowers from your lunch break
• B) thinking about all the irresponsible or inept things he's ever done
• C) revising your self-concept, resigning yourself to acting capriciously mean
• D) engaging in self-verification by "confessing" your bad behavior to a colleague

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