On a talk show last night Don described some symptoms of anxiety he has experienced during the past year. He said his therapist prescribed an anti-anxiety medication, which seems to be effective. Based on Don's description, you conclude that the therapist

After reducing postdecision dissonance, people are more likely to rate the chosen and unchosen alternatives as

a. being very similar, with about equal strengths and weaknesses. b. having an equal number of strengths, but the chosen alternative as having fewer weaknesses. c. being more dissimilar, such that the chosen alternative is much more desirable than the unchosen one. d. being similar in terms of weaknesses, but the chosen alternative has more strengths.

Pinching your leg while you receive an injection will lessen the pain of the injection due to counterirritation

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false