Cognitive Dissonance Arises When We Notice a Discrepancy Between Our

question 30

Multiple Choice

Cognitive dissonance arises when we notice a discrepancy between our attitudes and our behaviors.One way we can reduce the dissonance is by .

• A)modifying the attitude and the behavior to be more extremely inconsistent with each other
• B)strengthening the attitude and the behavior and ignoring the discrepancy
• C)focusing more of our attention on the discrepancy to determine whether the attitude or the behavior is more important to us
• D)modifying either the attitude or the behavior to be more consistent with each other
• E)describe the dissonant attitude and behavior to a significant other person to seek their support

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