What is one likely, undesirable consequence of foregoing accuracy in favor of justifying our past behaviors? Justifying past behavior can
a. decrease the probability of learning from past experiences.
b. cause us to totally distort reality.
c. decrease our self-esteem.
d. decrease our self-confidence in social situations.
Answer: A
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a. beauty b. esteem c. goodness d. truth
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a. unacceptable in a scientific analysis of behavior b. acceptable, if they are capable of being reliably and objectively recorded c. acceptable, if they contain mentalistic explanations d. nearly always vague and subject to interpretational errors