Social psychologist Leon Festinger coined the term cognitive __________ to refer to a disconnect between a person's internal attitudes and his or her external behavior
a. disproportionality
b. discontinuity
c. inattentiveness
d. dissonance
Answer: D
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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