Irene considers herself to be an environmentalist, and she wants to reduce her carbon footprint
One day, her husband comes home and says that he sold their electric lawn mower and used the money, plus some savings, to by a new, powerful gasoline-powered mower. Irene is shocked, but when she uses the mower, she decides that she really likes it. This makes her feel uneasy, so she reminds herself of all the good environmental work she has done in the past. Irene is engaging in ________. a) self-affirmation
b) trivialization
c) insufficient justification
d) reactance
a
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
If Mary Ann is right-handed, your best guess would be that her language abilities are localized in which part of her brain?
a. the left hemisphere b. the right hemisphere c. both the left and right hemisphere d. in neither the left nor the right hemisphere