A state of tension that occurs when a person's attitudes do not match the person's actions is called:
a) cognitive dissonance.
b) attitude adjustment.
c) the fundamental attribution error.
d) stereotype suppression.
ANS: A
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A) Today's adolescents are more likely than adolescents of the early 1990s to be sexually active. B) Today's adolescents are more likely than adolescents of the early 1990s to have had four or more sex partners. C) Today's adolescents are less likely than adolescents of the early 1990s to have sex at age 13 or 14. D) Today's adolescents are more likely than adolescents of the early 1990s to have ever engaged in sexual intercourse.
In a survey of college students, almost half of the men and close to 40% of the women reported that they had engaged in drinking 4–5 or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting within the previous two weeks. This type of alcohol use is known as
a. alcoholism. c. binge drinking. b. intermittent alcohol abuse. d. Thursday night syndrome.