According to Festinger, the feeling of discomfort that results from the realization that our beliefs and our behaviors are discrepant is called __________.

A. attribution
B. balance theory
C. cognitive dissonance
D. confirmation bias


Answer: C

Psychology

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Answer:

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Viola has just come back from work and is experiencing hunger pangs. She quickly makes a sandwich. Eating this sandwich satisfies her hunger. The return to normal bodily function without hunger pangs is called _____

A) homeostasis B) homeorhesis C) metastasis D) estrus

Psychology

What percentage of mothers in the United States with infants under 1 year of age were in the labor force in 2015?

A. 60 B. 58 C. 45 D. 75

Psychology

Which bodily system that releases hormones plays a key role in the physical reaction to stress?

a. endocrine c. circulatory b. excretory d. musculoskeletal

Psychology