Emile Just Ditched a Friend at a Party to Spend

question 94

Multiple Choice

Emile just ditched a friend at a party to spend time with a pretty woman.Emile feels uncomfortable but he tells himself it's because the woman is so hot and not because he treated his friend badly.The way he's feeling is dissonance, but he tells himself it's sexual attraction.This describes which of the following?

• A) self-affirmation
• B) self-esteem
• C) misattribution of arousal
• D) priming

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