Even as Leon is standing outside puffing away on an unfiltered cigarette, he is thinking to himself, "You know, this is really stupid. It's bad for me, and it makes me smell like an ashtray."
Leon's discomfort – the divide between his attitude and his behavior – results in __________.
a. behavioral perseveration
b. attitudinal shifts
c. cognitive dissonance
d. tangential cognitizing
Answer: C
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