Research Suggests That We Often Do Not Do What We

question 66

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that we often do not do what we know and believe to be the right thing to do. Daniel Batson calls this phenomenon

• A) moral dissonance.
• B) overjustification.
• C) ingratiation.
• D) moral hypocrisy.

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