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When a Situation Is Threatening or Unfamiliar, or When a Person

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When a situation is threatening or unfamiliar, or when a person is in doubt, _____ act as guide for behavior.


Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

A state of psychological discomfort caused by holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personal traits and minimize situational factors as causes of other people's behavior.

Internal Attributions

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to internal characteristics, traits, or abilities of the individual.

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