Author Question: Hai has been taking expensive beta-carotene supplements for years because he believes they will ... (Read 116 times)

mwit1967 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Hai has been taking expensive beta-carotene supplements for years because he believes they will reduce his risk of cancer.

Hai has just learned that a well-controlled study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine showed that beta-carotene supplements do not reduce cancer risk. Hai is probably experiencing
a. cognitive dissonance.
b. self-affirmation.
c. the rationalization trap.
d. self-discrepancy.

Question 2

George thinks of himself as an honest person until his brother reminds him that he's been known to keep extra change given to him by a cashier and to stock his home office for a sideline business with supplies taken from his job.

George is now probably feeling a sense of discomfort known as
a. misattribution of arousal.
b. self-serving bias.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. anxiety.