Susan carefully rinses her mouth with an unpleasant-tasting mouthwash every day.
One day, Susan reads an article reporting credible dental research that suggests that mouthwash is completely ineffective and that mouthwash may even be related to tooth decay. The discomfort that Susan experiences in response to this article is called
a. insufficient justification.
b. cognitive dissonance.
c. self-discrepancy.
d. self-justification.
Question 2
Live fast and die young, that's what I always say, Rosie pronounces, as she stuffs down three more Ding-Dong snack cakes and opens another pint of high-fat ice cream. Rosie knows that her diet is unhealthy and harmful, of course.
To reduce her dissonance, Rosie is
a. changing her behavior to bring it in line with her cognitions.
b. changing a problem cognition to make it more consonant with her behavior.
c. adding a cognition that is consonant with her problem behavior.
d. engaging in self-affirmation to combat cognitive dissonance.
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