A state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent is known as:

a. cognitive dissonance.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. the validity effect.
d. deindividuation.

a

Psychology

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Teresa has been told that her course of therapy is likely to take a year or more because it involves the reshaping of her personality and that takes many sessions. Her therapy is MOST likely:

A) client-centered therapy. B) psychodynamic therapy. C) cognitive-behavioral therapy. D) existential-humanistic therapy.

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The goals of psychology are to ________

a) explore the conscious and unconscious functions of the human mind b) understand, compare, and analyze human behavior c) improve psychological well-being in all individuals from birth until death d) describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

Psychology