Self-Affirmation Processes Help to Understand the ______

question 2

Multiple Choice

Self-affirmation processes help to understand the ______,

• A)self-perception of attitudes
• B)effects of dissonance on choice
• C)effects of behavior on induced compliance
• D)effects of baseline arousal on vicarious hypocrisy

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Definitions:

Social Cognition

The study of how people process social information, including understanding others, social attitudes, and cognition in social contexts.

Attribution

The process of ascribing causes to behaviors and events, often influencing how individuals understand and react to the world around them.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that an individual holds about a future event that manifests because the individual holds it.

Selective Perception

The process by which individuals selectively interpret what they see or hear on the basis of their interests, background, experience, and attitudes.