Cognitive Dissonance Occurs When

question 34

Multiple Choice

Cognitive dissonance occurs when:

• A) conflicting implicit cognition and explicit cognition occur at the same time.
• B) two thoughts or perceptions are inconsistent, and an unpleasant psychological tension results.
• C) we use internal, personal attributions, rather than external, situational attributions, to explain our own behavior.
• D) we overestimate the extent to which we could have predicted or foreseen the outcome of an event after it occurred.

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Definitions:

Functional

Pertaining to the purposeful and practical use or action of something, often implying that it is designed based on its utility.

Cognitive

Pertaining to mental processes such as perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning.

Biological

refers to the processes and phenomena inherent to living organisms, encompassing their physical structure, biochemical processes, growth, and development.

Moral Standards

Moral Standards are principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.