Asked by Blonde Streaker on Jul 16, 2024

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You've always disliked a particular coworker, who strikes you as dishonest, but he is nice to you and does you favors, so you become friendly with him despite your misgivings. One day you learn that he stole personal items from your desk. You now decide to discontinue the friendship. Your negative attitude toward this coworker is strengthened through ___________.

A) operant conditioning
B) instrumental learning
C) classical conditioning
D) reduction of cognitive dissonance

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in psychology that uses rewards and punishments to modify behaviors.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological unease felt when a person simultaneously holds conflicting beliefs, ideas, or values.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which an originally neutral stimulus becomes associated with a specific response due to pairing with a stimulus that naturally evokes that response.

  • Identify the emotional and intellectual elements of cognitive dissonance.
  • Acquire knowledge about the functions and repercussions of cognitive dissonance.
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Faith BrookeJul 19, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
The decision to discontinue the friendship after learning about the theft is an example of reducing cognitive dissonance, which occurs when someone adjusts their attitudes or beliefs to reduce conflict between differing thoughts or behaviors.