According to the Text,most Siblings

question 103

Multiple Choice

According to the text,most siblings

• A) remain emotionally close during middle adulthood.
• B) remain in touch, but become emotionally distant because of marriage.
• C) lose touch with one another during middle adulthood, but reestablish contact during late adulthood.
• D) fail to support one another when caring for elderly parents.

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Definitions:

Induced Compliance

A special case of cognitive dissonance: inconsistency is experienced when a person is persuaded to behave in a way that is contrary to an attitude.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time.

Inoculation

A way of making people resistant to persuasion. By providing them with a diluted counter-argument, they can build up effective refutations to a later, stronger argument.

Reactance

Brehm’s theory that people try to protect their freedom to act. When they perceive that this freedom has been curtailed, they will act to regain it.