Angela is a vegetarian who works in a local fast-food restaurant, where the main fare is
burgers and hot dogs.
Although she feels that workingat the restaurant is a contradiction,
she says that vegetarianism is not the central belief system in her life and that supporting
herself is more important. In this example, Angela
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 her behavior.
b. reduced dissonance by reducing the importance of one of the dissonant elements.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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