Individuals Will Be More Motivated to Reduce Dissonance When the Attitudes

question 31

Multiple Choice

Individuals will be more motivated to reduce dissonance when the attitudes are important or when they believe the dissonance is ________.

• A) directly related to their pay
• B) the work of a disgruntled coworker
• C) they are in control of the dissonance
• D) their supervisor is showing favoritism
• E) completely out of their control

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Definitions:

Ad Hominem Fallacy

A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself, aiming to discredit the argument by discrediting its proponent.

Argument

A set of statements or reasons made to support or oppose an idea, cause, or proposition.

Person

An individual human being.

Culture

The shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, transmitted from generation to generation through learning.