Using Evoked Sets, Mirror Images, and Cognitive Consistency Are All

question 32

Multiple Choice

Using evoked sets, mirror images, and cognitive consistency are all

• A) consistent with the rational model of decision making.
• B) influenced by belief systems that are easily changed.
• C) components of the groupthink model.
• D) psychological techniques that help individuals process and evaluate information.
• E) factors that help provide individuals with perfect and complete information in decision making.

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Definitions:

Foreclosure

In psychological terms, it refers to a premature commitment to an identity or role as determined by parental choice, without undergoing a period of exploration.

James Marcia

A developmental psychologist who proposed a theory of identity status focusing on adolescents' exploration and commitment to values and goals.

Identity Statuses

A framework by James Marcia categorizing the process of identity formation into four statuses: achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion.

Identity Diffusion

A state in adolescence described by Marcia as part of his identity status theory, where an individual has not yet undergone an identity crisis or made any commitments.