According to dissonance theory, how do people usually reduce dissonance?

a. by changing their emotions
b. by changing their cognitions
c. by changing their perceptions
d. by changing their behaviors


B

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a. Motivation will decrease and the organism will wait until the current situation changes. b. Motivation will decrease so the organism is more likely to behave randomly. c. The organism will be motivated to behave to return the drive to the set point. d. The organism will be in a temporary state of satisfaction until the drive returns to the set point and motivates directed behavior.

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A) significantly more B) the same amount of C) significantly less D) significantly more homosexual

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The type of learning in which an organism responds in a particular way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring about that type of response is called

a) habituation. b) classical conditioning. c) operant conditioning. d) modeling.

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