Nineteen-Year-Old Latitia Reported: "Although I Was Not at All Sure

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Nineteen-year-old Latitia reported: "Although I was not at all sure that I really loved my boyfriend,he coaxed me into sleeping with him.After that,I convinced myself that I really did love him." Use your understanding of cognitive dissonance theory to explain why Latitia developed such positive feelings for her boyfriend.What could Latitia do in the future to ensure that her sexual behaviors are guided by her own true attitudes and desires?

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher.

Observational Learning

Acquiring behaviors through the observation and replication of others' actions.

Respondent Behavior

Actions that occur as an automatic response to a particular stimulus, not under conscious control.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a pause or period of apparent extinction.