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 "it is an old car and keeping it
on the road makes good use of the resources consumed when it was manufactured," 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.
C
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