Question

Ralph is aware that smoking is harmful to his health, but he continues to smoke. According to cognitive dissonance theory, it is most likely that Ralph will gather information on the dangers of smoking gather information on the dangers of smoking A start smoking more frequently start smoking more frequently B argue that his friends should stop smoking argue that his friends should stop smoking C focus on the social advantages to smoking focus on the social advantages to smoking D experience no tension

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is C ''focus on the social advantages to smoking.''

Explanation:

According to cognitive dissonance, to reduce the tension or discomfort that causes us to do something against our beliefs and opinions, we rationalize or justify our actions to ourselves by reconstructing our attitudes. This happens when we have formed and stable attitudes. For example, knowing that smoking is bad for health and smoking a lot, the person is automatically motivated to make an effort to generate new ideas and beliefs to reduce tension until all their ideas and attitudes fit together, constituting a certain internal coherence and can perform the action with a certain mental and motivational balance.