Leo has always believed strongly that fidelity in a marriage is very important. After he has an extramarital affair with Annette, he says to himself, "How could I stop myself? Annette was my soul mate. This was meant to be.". Which dissonance-reducing technique is Leo using?
a. changing his attitude
b. changing his perception of the behavior
c. minimizing the importance of the conflict
d. reducing perceived choice
d
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A) bounce back in spite of hardship. B) be flexible in a variety of situations. C) adapt easily to different cultures. D) all of the above
According to __________ theory, children learn primarily through modeling
A) reinforcement B) operant conditioning C) social learning D) classical conditioning
When citing another person's thinking or ideas, a "substantial element" refers to
A. any key idea or concept, even a single word. B. phrases that are at least 10 or more words. C. anything that requires quotation marks in the citation. D. concepts that are cited in a secondary source.
Homunculus refers to:
a. "One sided," referring to the dominance of one hemisphere over the other b. "Works as one," referring to how the individual parts of the brain work together c. "Little man," referring to how the parts of the body map onto the motor cortex of the brain d. "Folded on itself," referring to the multiple convolutions in the brain