Which of the following best describes cognitive dissonance?
What will be an ideal response?
an incompatibility between two of a person's beliefs, behavior, or attitudes
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The infant mortality rate in the United States is three times lower than Japan.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Who is engaged in abstract thinking?
A) Susie, who says that most apples are colored red B) Benito, who says the sun might explode one day C) Gene, who argues that the Red Sox are better than the Yankees this year D) Marlita, who says her favorite television show is Hannah Montana
Cognitive developmental theory focuses specifically on how
A. knowing emerges and is transformed into logical, systematic capacities for reasoning. B. the ego interprets experiences into logical, systematic thought processes. C. evolution continues throughout the life span of a specific species based on cognition. D. various systems within a family impact an individual's capacity for thought.
Lazarus's Hassles Scale assumes that
A) ?stress is an objective environmental stimulus that must be measured objectively. B) ?physiological instruments are more reliable than self-reports in measuring stress. C) ?the person's perception of an event is the critical factor in measurement of stress. D) ?the frequency of a person's everyday hassles is more crucial than their intensity.