<span>We are most likely to experience cognitive dissonance if we feel little sense of responsibility for engaging in behaviors of which we personally disapprove. This is a state in which a person feels the need to re-arrange or re-organize his/her preferences in order to remove or eliminate dissonance in life.</span>
Emotional I believe is the word you are going for
I think that the key word here is "effects" - the study would be into effects of oil - so not other oil-related topics.
Because of this the correct answer is
<span>a. How does oil shape social, political, and economic conditions in southwest Asia?
here the word "shape" is a synonym to "create and influence" - so it's about the effect!</span>
Electromagnetic force is a ranch branch of physics that involves the study of electromagnetic force
