Elise believes that anyone who listens to boy bands is an idiot. One day, however Elise realizes the song she's dancing and singing to is the lasted and N'Sync song. Elise, now aware of the inconsistency between her attitude and her behavior, decides to listen to boy band is not so bad after all. Elise's attitude change is best explained by:
A. Cognitive dissonance theory
B. A social comparison theory
C. Self perception theory
D. Cognitive busyness
A. Cognitive dissonance theory
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Considering what you learned in your developmental course, how likely is this? a. He is a likely telling the truth; experimentation is one of the four major reasons that adolescents use substances. b. He is probably lying, most drug abusers do. c. He is not telling the truth; adolescents are either users or not users. d. He is likely self-medicating.
Milgram's study of obedience has been criticized on the basis of:
a. its lack of random assignment. b. the inability of any of its findings to be replicated. c. the physical pain learners experienced from the electric shock. d. the emotional distress and deception experienced by participants.
According to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans, when people view a photo of their romantic partner _________
A) ?PEA levels in the hindbrain drop significantly. B) ?brain areas rich in dopamine "light up." C) ?activity in the amygdala decreases while hippocampal activity increases. D) ?the hypothalamus steps up production of GABA.
The propensity for a majority of scores to fall in the midrange of possible values is referred to as
a. central tendency. b. inferential probability. c. the causal correlational effect. d. frequency distribution.