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Cognitive Dissonance Is the Tendency to Attribute One's Own Behavior

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Cognitive dissonance is the tendency to attribute one's own behavior to external, situational causes while attributing the behavior of others to internal, personal causes.


Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method in which learning occurs by altering the level of a behavior through the application of reinforcers or punishments.

Immediate Reinforcement

The instant reward or punishment following a behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior's occurrence in the future.

Cognitive Processes

Mental activities that include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving.

Operant Conditioning

An instructional process in which the magnitude of a behavior is fine-tuned by using positive or negative feedback.

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