"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
Answer: B
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