Celia, who is a college student, has always thought of herself as an environmental activist. Recently, she "inherited" a gas-guzzling car from her parents, which she has been driving around campus. To reduce the cognitive dissonance that she feels from these clashing images of herself, the environmental activist and the gas-guzzling car owner, she might say that "cars are not really a major
environmental problem," which illustrates the strategy of
a. changing her attitude.
b. changing her behavior.
c. adding consonant thoughts.
d. reducing the amount of her perceived choice.
A
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A longitudinal design:
a. is more cost-effective than a cross-sectional design b. confounds other variables with age c. is more quickly performed than a cross-sectional design d. can examine change in the individual
A student claims that he has severe insomnia and hardly sleeps at all. The fact that his roommate says that he appears to sleep deeply and is not even bothered by dorm noises when he is asleep suggests that the student's condition is most probably
a. non-REM sleep. b. paradoxical insomnia. c. narcolepsy. d. sleep apnea.
Auditory images remain in the sensory register for about:
a. a half second. b. two seconds. c. thirty seconds. d. one minute.
Which facets are associated with the neuroticism dimension of the Big Five?
What will be an ideal response?