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EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

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In social psychology, an attitude refers to a predisposition to respond to certain stimuli or situations. Cognitive dissonance is a consistency theory that focuses on how people change attitudes in response to discomfort around inconsistencies between their own thoughts and actions. Which of the following types of cognitive dissonance explains a situation in which an individual emphasizes the negative features of a desirable action they did not perform because of a small impediment?
  1. Postdecisional dissonance
  2. Effort justification
  3. Self-perception
  4. Insufficient deterrence
Explanation
Answer: D - Insufficient deterrence is a type of cognitive dissonance that refers to situation in which an individual emphasizes the negative features of a desirable action they did not perform because of a small impediment.
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