Based on MRI research on people who were experiencing and later resolved cognitive dissonance, what would you expect to happen to Mary,
who just reduced her dissonant feelings about visiting the tanning salon by telling herself that she isn't genetically predisposed to skin cancer, so it won't affect her?
a. She will next experience nervousness.
b. She will experience pleasant feelings.
c. She will be able think critically about other things.
d. She will be unable to encode new memories for up to ten minutes.
Question 2
A recent MRI study revealed that when participants successfully reduced and resolved their cognitive dissonance, they experienced
a. a surge of activity in the reasoning areas of the brain.
b. a reduced capacity in the motor areas of the brain.
c. pleasurable emotions.
d. an increase in activation of the rear hemisphere.
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