Betty is a smoker. She realizes that smoking is bad for her: however, she also feels being overweight is equally bad, and smoking helps her keep her weight down, so she chooses to continue. Betty is engaging in the reduction of __________

a) cognitive dissonance.
b) persuasion.
c) altruism.
d) rationalization.


a

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