According to the authors of your text, what is one major danger of engaging in self-justification strategies?
a. We experience cognitive dissonance.
b. We will have lower self-esteem.
c. We can end up becoming prejudiced.
d. We can fail to learn from our mistakes.
Question 2
Participants in an experiment conducted by Davis and Jones (1960) were instructed to provide hurtful feedback to another person (actually a confederate, of course).
After providing such mean assessments of his performance, participants then evaluated him privately. After providing this criticism, these participants' evaluations of the confederate were more ________ because the ________.
a. positive; participants regretted having hurt an innocent victim
b. negative; participants convinced themselves that the victim deserved it
c. negative; victim did not stand up for himself after the insults
d. positive; participants wanted to assuage their feelings of guilt
6-8 Earth’s Major Tectonic Plates
The major skeletal muscles—anterior superficial view.
Rhombus major
Major components and functions of the nervous system.
Major back and shoulder muscles.
Outline of pathways for glucose synthesis from the major gluconeogenic precursors