Answer:
The best answer to the question: Although we often cannot directly control all of our feelings, we can influence our feelings by changing our behavior, according to:____, would be, B: Cognitive dissonance theory.
Explanation:
Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory from social psychology that seeks to understand the role that behavior, and emotions have, in the process of cognition and also of attitude adjustment. Essentially, this theory explains that feelings and emotions (attitudes) are natural and uncontrolled responses that come out whenever a person is presented with a specific situation. These initial emotions do not necessarily coincide with the process of cognition, and the dissonace appears when the person is faced by a situation, event, or object that does not meet with the preconcieved expectations, beliefs, customs, or knowledge, in that person´s mind. Thus, these responses may be much stronger and uncontrolled than others. But through cognition, and especially through behavior alteration, attitudes in a person may be modulated and controlled, as the behavioral change will increase the cognition process and the integration of this new knowledge.
