Whenever a person has two contradictory cognitions at the same time, a state of _____________ exists
A) groupthink
B) justification of effort
C) cognitive dissonance
D) self determinism
Answer: C
Rationale: Cognitive dissonance occurs when an individual has two thoughts (cognitions) that are inconsistent with each other (dissonance) and, as a result, experiences motivation to reduce the discrepancy.
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a. in their effort to avoid being culturally biased, therapists could miss certain symptoms
b. expressions of personality in one culture may differ from those in another culture
c. norms overlap in most cultures, and ethnicity is difficult to determine
d. diagnostic differences are rarely due to actual cultural differences