The sense of disorganization that prompts a person to change when new information conflicts with previously organized thought patterns is

a. cognitive confusion.
b. cognitive dissonance.
c. logical dissonance.
d. reasonable disassociation.


b

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. Are the statistics valid? b. Is the source biased? c. Is the source identified and credible? d. Is the information recent? e. Is this enough information?

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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