Your Developmental Class Is Having an Interesting Discussion About What

question 141

Multiple Choice

Your developmental class is having an interesting discussion about what it means to be an adult.Most of the class includes individuals who are emerging adults.What is the consensus of your class? The most important marker for adulthood is ____.

• A)financial independence
• B)when they are capable of supporting their parents financially
• C)when people get married
• D)when people start having children

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Definitions:

Attitudes

Psychological tendencies expressed by evaluating an entity with some degree of favor or disfavor, influenced by experiences, beliefs, and behaviors.

Feelings

Emotional states or reactions that are subjective and experienced internally, influenced by personal perceptions, thoughts, and experiences.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, leading to tension and the motivation to reduce the dissonance by changing beliefs or behaviors.

Festinger

Leon Festinger, a social psychologist known for his theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes the discomfort felt when holding conflicting ideas or beliefs.