Lenora Can't Decide Whether to Buy a New Video Game

question 55

Multiple Choice

Lenora can't decide whether to buy a new video game or a new pair of jeans with the birthday money her grandmother gave her.Although she likes both video games and new clothes,she has to make a choice and decides to go with the video game.Right after buying the game,however,she experiences a lot of negative emotion because she really liked the jeans but did not buy them.In this example,the negative emotional state Lenora experiences after buying the video game despite liking the jeans is called

• A) dissonance.
• B) embodiment.
• C) overjustification.
• D) rationalization.

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Definitions:

Subjective

Based on personal feelings, tastes, or opinions rather than external facts or evidence.

Biases

Systematic and often unfair inclinations or prejudgements towards particular people, groups, or ideas.

Objective Tests

Assessments that measure an individual's psychological attributes using procedures that minimize subjective judgment, ensuring that results are scored in an unbiased or uniform manner.

Precise Numerical

Involving or characterized by exactness and accuracy in the use or presentation of numbers.