A smoker illustrates the process of ________ when he claims that the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is not very convincing
a. cognitive dissonance
b. diffusion of responsibility
c. disbelief
d. normative influence
e. cohesiveness
a. cognitive dissonance
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Sara has tried for an hour to retrieve her ball from the roof of the house, without success. She's growing increasingly frustrated and has begun to yell at her friends. Her father intervenes to halt her aggression and suggests that Sara go into the garage and scream until her throat hurts and her ears ring. Sara's father is apparently a proponent of _______ as a means of reducing aggression.
A) reaction formation B) projection C) catharsis D) displacement E) frustration-aggression theory
When Edward Titchener brought Wundt's psychology to the United States, his method for examining conscious mental life involved the use of the experimental technique known as
a. structuralism. b. introspection. c. functionalism. d. psychoanalysis.