Question

A mother is trying to get her child to behave in the store and to stop running around, yelling, and grabbing things off the shelves. According to cognitive dissonance theory, if she wants to stop the child's behavior immediately for the time being, she should use a __________, but if she wants to more permanently change the behavior, she should use a __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

large punishment; small punishment

Explanation:

Punishment means to punish someone for commiting an offence or for wrong doing for a particular action or behaviour been carried out or done by the person in which it may take forms of ranging from capital punishment, flogging or forced labour.

Punishment can either be harsh or injurious depending on what the offender did wrong.

Therefore a LARGE PUNISHMENT can be use on someone in order to stop the person behavior immediately for the time being because large punishment can only stop the child behaviour for a while in which he will still continue to carryout such behavior while SMALL PUNISHMENT can be use on someone if the person wants to more permanently change the behavior because gradually using a small punishment may tend to change child behaviour to what she desire.

Therefore According to cognitive dissonance theory, if she wants to stop the child's behavior immediately for the time being, she should use a LARGE PUNISHMENT but if she wants to more permanently change the behavior, she should use a SMALL PUNISHMENT.

Answer 2

Answer:

large punishment; small punishment

Explanation:

A mother is trying to get her child to behave in the store and to stop running around, yelling, and grabbing things off the shelves. According to cognitive dissonance theory, if she wants to stop the child's behavior immediately for the time being, she should use a large punishment, but if she wants to more permanently change the behavior, she should use a small punishment.