Representative Jansen, a U.S. congresswoman, believes in the reproductive rights and welfare of women but voted to ban late-term abortions. Jansen tells herself she can live with the conflict between her beliefs and her behavior because it’s the expedient thing to do and may be better in the long run. She is most likely experiencing ________

a. the just-world hypothesis.
b. cognitive resolution.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. the fundamental attribution error.


Ans: c. cognitive dissonance.

Psychology

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a. relatively stable through the first 3 to 4 years of life but begins to vary dramatically once a child reaches school age b. unstable during childhood but stabilizes during adolescence and remains stable throughout a person's adult life c. unstable subject to wide variations over the course of a lifetime d. relatively stable throughout childhood and into adulthood

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