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stock · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The most typical ways of reducing dissonance include all of the following EXCEPT

a. forgetting about our past statements that contradict our behavior.
b. changing our behavior to bring it into line with dissonant cognitions.
c. justifying our behavior by changing dissonant cognitions.
d. justifying our behavior by adding new cognitions.

Question 2

There's no way I'd give up drinking I'd just be stressed out all the time, says Lilly, as she sips her third martini of the evening. Lilly's comments about her drinking habit are an example of using ________ to reduce cognitive dissonance.

a. minimized shift
b. justification
c. behavior change
d. cognitive change