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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a) Panic attacks, avoidance behavior, and inattentiveness b) Aggression, alcohol abuse, and hyperactivity c) Indecisiveness, panic attacks, and unconsciousness d) Hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness
If you were asked to describe the personality of your best friend; and you said that she was optimistic, reserved, and friendly, you would be using the __________ approach
a. psychodynamic b. analytical c. humanistic d. trait
A classmate designs the following experiment. What advice would you give him to improve upon it? Group A M T M Group B M T(zero level) M
a. to specify both groups as receiving zero level of T b. not to perform a pretest-posttest c. to randomly assign participants to groups d. to randomly select participants from the population
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a) Broca's aphasia. b) Broca's apraxia. c) Wernicke's aphasia. d) Wernicke's apraxia.