Karen smokes two packs of cigarettes a day

However, she is aware that smoking is harmful to her health; therefore, she holds two conflicting or dissonant thoughts. If Karen were to reduce her cognitive dissonance by changing her attitude, she might say to herself,
a. "Smoking really is not that dangerous."
b. "Smoking is a habit that I have little control over."
c. "I think that I'll try to give smoking up."
d. "I'll only smoke when I feel stressed out."

ANSWER: a

Psychology

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