Why Can Approach- Approach Conflicts Be Resolved Easier with Cognitive

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Multiple Choice

Why can approach- approach conflicts be resolved easier with cognitive dissonance than approach- avoidance conflicts?

• A) Approach- avoidance conflicts create inertia, thus past habits are employed without the need to resolve the cognitive inconsistencies.
• B) This statement is not true - approach- avoidance conflicts are much easier to resolve with dissonance than approach- approach conflicts.
• C) Approach- approach conflicts result when both alternatives are positive. The selection of one requires the rejection of another, which creates a need for a cognitive explanation of why one was not selected. The approach- avoidance conflict produces much less dissonance because one is positive and the other is clearly negative.
• D) Approach- avoidance conflicts result when the positive alternative simply overwhelms the negative, thus no cognitive dissonance exists under this condition.
• E) Approach- approach conflicts are very confusing to resolve intellectually, but approach- avoidance conflicts are typically simply resolved through behavioural aspects of reinforcement learning.

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Returns To Scale

The change in output resulting from a proportional change in all inputs (factors of production) in the production process.

Production Function

A mathematical model that describes the relationship between inputs used in production and the resulting output of goods or services.

Input

Resources or factors used in the production process of goods and services, such as labor, capital, and materials.

Production Function

A mathematical model that describes the output generated from combinations of inputs, such as labor and capital.