Cognitive dissonance is an adverse psychological state that occurs when an individual simultaneously holds two conflicting cognitions.

  a.  True
  b.  False


  a.  True

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____ systematically destroyed parts of the brain using extirpation.?

a. ?Broca b. ?Gall c. ?Spurzheim d. ?Flourens e. ?Fowler

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Which section of a research article is most likely to provide suggestions for additional research?

a. introduction b. method c. results d. discussion

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Hay and Ross (1982) found that 84% of the conflicts observed in toddlers were

A) settled with retaliation or violence. B) settled with abstract reasoning. C) over toys. D) over the attention of caregivers.

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