Antonio is an environmentalist who works in a local logging mill

Although he feels that
working at the mill is a contradiction, he saysthat it was the only job he could find, and
now that he has gotten two raises, he is making more money there than he could if he were
to find another job. In this example, Antonio
a. probably never experienced any cognitive dissonance.
b. reduced dissonance by reducing the importance of one of the dissonant elements.
c. reduced dissonance by adding consonant elements.
d. reduced dissonance by changing one of the dissonant elements.
e. maintained dissonance by justifying his behavior.


c. reduced dissonance by adding consonant elements.

Psychology

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A. Harvey is partially right, since beer does not contain ethyl alcohol, but wine and liquor do. B. Matt is right. Each drink contains different types of alcohol. C. Harvey is partially right. Beer and wine, but not liquor, contain ethyl alcohol. D. Harvey is right. Beer, wine, and liquor contain ethyl alcohol.

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a. cones; in dim light b. rods; in dim lightl c. cones; bright light d. rods; in bright light

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Ego integrity is derived from _____ or expert knowledge about the meaning of life

a. experience c. achievement b. success d. wisdom

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The advantage of the ____design is that it allows a researcher to synthesize data from numerous studies.

A. longitudinal B. meta-analysis C. cross-sectional D. qualitative

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