Which of the Following Would Result in Cognitive Dissonance

question 195

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?

• A)Wearing glasses is dignified; a respected political leader wears glasses.
• B)Dresses are feminine; Britney Spears wears dresses.
• C)Pink shirts are effeminate; Mel Gibson wears pink shirts.
• D)Orange juice is healthy; I love orange juice.

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Definitions:

Joint Cost Allocation

The process of assigning the cost of a production process that yields multiple products proportionally to those products.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that identifies activities in an organization and assigns the cost of each activity to all products and services according to the actual consumption.

Volume-Based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns costs based primarily on the volume of goods or services produced, such as in traditional absorption costing systems.

Physical Units Method

A technique in accounting used to measure output in production or inventory in terms of the total number of units.