A state of tension that occurs when a person's attitudes do not match the person's actions is called

a. cognitive dissonance.
b. the validity effect.
c. the fundamental attribution error.
d. routinization.
e. chameleonization.

a. cognitive dissonance.

Psychology

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a. recurrent episodes of binge eating b. refusal to maintain body weight at or above minimal normal weight for age and height c. recurrent inappropriate behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting, to try and prevent weight gain d. body shape and weight excessively influence the person's self image

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Teaching a dog tricks by rewarding the dog when it is making successive approximations, or steps toward the correct action, is an example of

A) rewarding. B) successive training. C) shaping. D) patience.

Psychology