Because people are uncomfortable with inconsistency between their attitudes and behaviors, they will seek to reduce
A. group behavior.
B. fundamental attribution.
C. cognitive dissonance.
D. causal attribution.
E. a self-serving bias.
C. cognitive dissonance.
In 1957, social psychologist Leon Festinger proposed the term cognitive dissonance to describe the psychological discomfort a person experiences between his or her cognitive attitude and incompatible behavior. Because people are uncomfortable with inconsistency, Festinger theorized, they will seek to reduce the "dissonance" or tension of the inconsistency.
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