When you are confronted with information that is inconsistent with your current thinking or feelings, you experience a kind of psychological discomfort called _
A. cognitive dissonance
B. inductive reasoning
C. deductive reasoning
D. refutation
Answer: A
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A. Physical abilities B. Religion C. Political activism D. National citizenship
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A) ?a claim of fact. B) ?a claim of prediction. C) ?a value claim. D) ?a policy claim. E) ?a causal claim.
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