How Is Cognitive Dissonance Best Understood

question 96

Multiple Choice

How is cognitive dissonance best understood?

• A)as norm crystallization.
• B)as groupthink.
• C)as the self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D)as a state of conflict.

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