When a person holds a belief and performs an act that is inconsistent with that belief, he or she is likely to feel _________

FIll in the blank with correct word.


Answer: dissonance

Psychology

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How do parents respond to "masculine" or "feminine" behavior in their young children?

a. They often do not mind if their daughters are playing with a "masculine" toy. b. They strongly encourage both sons and daughters toward "gender-appropriate" behavior. c. They are more worried about "gender-inappropriate" behavior in daughters than in sons. d. Mothers are more concerned than fathers about "gender-inappropriate" activities.

Psychology

The two major pathways via which the brain may signal the endocrine system are through

a. the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems. b. the circulatory and muscular systems. c. the pituitary gland and the autonomic nervous system. d. the autonomic and skeletal nervous systems.

Psychology

The technique that Hull added to the then-accepted battery of experimental methods was ____.?

a. ?simple observation b. ?systematic controlled observation c. ?experimental testing of hypotheses d. ?the hypothetico-deductive method e. ?one-trial learning

Psychology

A "good" theory leads to new approaches to the solution of people's problems. This statement refers to the theory's:

a. precision. b. applied value. c. comprehensiveness. d. testability.

Psychology