The uncomfortable feeling a person gets when their attitude does not match their behavior is known as cognitive:

A. congruence.
B. consistency.
C. dissonance.
D. discomfort.


Answer: C

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When listening to your professor's lecture, hearing the various sounds of the professor's words would involve the process of

a. perception. b. sensation. c. assimilation. d. accommodation.

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Based on what we know about the initiation effect, which parents are most likely to value their child's education?

A. those whose child walks to the local public school B. those who drive their child to a special gifted program in the public school system C. those who pay expensive tuition for private school D. those paying expensive tuition and completing required volunteer hours

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Results of Stanley Milgram's study on obedience showed that:

a. about two-thirds of the subjects stopped delivering shocks when the learner first demanded to be free. b. about two-thirds of the subjects, from all ages and from all walks of life, obeyed to the fullest extent. c. almost 90 percent of the women and about 60 percent of the men stopped administering shocks even though the experimenter said, "The experiment requires that you continue." d. about 90 percent of the older adults and about 60 percent of the students stopped administering shocks even though the experimenter said, "The experiment requires that you continue."

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In this chapter, encoding refers to _____; decoding refers to _____

a. ability to control nonverbal cues; ability to interpret nonverbal cues b. ability to manipulate data quickly; ability to interpret data quickly c. ability to interpret nonverbal cues; ability to control nonverbal cues d. ability to interpret data quickly; ability to manipulate data quickly e. ability to motivate others; ability to change others' opinions

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