Which of the Following People Is Using an Internal Justification

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following people is using an internal justification to reduce dissonance?

• A) Betty, who points to the fact that she was coerced into an undesirable behavior
• B) Colin, who identifies a large reward as the cause of his behavior
• C) Terri, who changes her attitude to bring it in line with an undesirable behavior
• D) Jessie, who reconciles herself to the discomfort that dissonance produces

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Definitions:

Path Analysis

A statistical technique used in social science to study the direct and indirect relationships between variables in a model.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment or study, the variable being tested and measured, expected to change as a result of variations in the independent variable.

Direction

In the context of statistics, it refers to the nature of the relationship between variables, indicating whether it is positive or negative.