Pete is aware of the health risks associated with smoking. However, he continues to smoke because he has concluded that smoking helps him to avoid overeating. His reasoning in this situation is an example of:
a. pre-decision dissonance
b. reducing dissonance
c. increasing dissonance
d. denial
e. overvaluing a decision
Ans: b
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a. 10% b. 45% c. 75% d. 90%
Three-year-old Steven walks up to his father, who is reading the newspaper, and says "Look at this picture, Daddy!" If his father does not respond, Steven is likely to
a. repeat his remark to try again to get a response. b. keep talking about his picture as if his father had answered. c. walk away. d. think his comment does not deserve a response.
According to Holland, occupations such as farming, auto repair, and electrical work are best suited to which personality type?
a. Investigative
b. Realistic
c. Artistic
d. Socially oriented
Freud believed that an obsession regarding fear of knives may be a projection of one's own
destructive impulses. Indicate whether the statement is true or false