If a Person Goes Through a Demanding Process Involving Lots

question 20

Multiple Choice

If a person goes through a demanding process involving lots of effort and hard work to achieve a goal, what would cognitive dissonance suggest that person will think about the experience afterwards?

• A) "I loved all of that work; it's really fun to pull all-nighters and not sleep!"
• B) "I really liked being so stressed out, especially when I ended up sick because of it."
• C) "Going through all of that effort was worth it!"
• D) "It's fun to have bad things happen to you when you are trying to attain a goal."

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Definitions:

Domain-general Adaptations

Cognitive processes or mechanisms that can be applied to a wide range of different tasks and environments, not specialized for any particular domain.

Social Tendencies

Behavioral patterns that are prevalent within societies, such as conformity, aggression, or altruism.

Instincts

Innate, typically fixed patterns of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli.

Domain-general Adaptation

A type of adaptation that occurs across various environments and tasks, indicating a broad level of adjustability and flexibility in behavior and cognition.