Why Are Approach-Approach Conflicts Likely to Create More Cognitive Dissonance

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why are approach-approach conflicts likely to create more cognitive dissonance than approach-avoidance conflicts?

• A) Approach-avoidance conflicts result when the positive alternative simply overwhelms the negative, thus no cognitive dissonance exists under this condition.
• B) 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 positive choice was not selected.
• C) Approach-avoidance conflicts create inertia, thus past habits are employed without the need to resolve the cognitive inconsistencies.
• D) Approach-approach conflicts are very confusing to resolve intellectually, but approach-avoidance conflicts are typically simply resolved through behavioral aspects of reinforcement learning.

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