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c0205847

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Someone reminds you to be appropriately grateful for the gifts you receive. Were a dissonance theorist to remind you to be thankful, he or she would be giving you advice on how to
 
  a. avoid cognitive dissonance.
  b. avoid things that might be costly.
  c. prevent consonance in your cognitions.
  d. prevent insufficient justification.

Question 2

Chloe debated for a long time about whether to take a psychology or a sociology course, both of which looked interesting.
 
  She finally chose the psychology course. Now, because she is experiencing ________, she raves about the psychology course to her friends.
  a. insufficient justification
  b. postdecision dissonance
  c. a justification of effort
  d. a threat to self-evaluation maintenance



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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