Cognitive Dissonance Arises When We Notice a Discrepancy Between Our

Cognitive dissonance arises when we notice a discrepancy between our attitudes and our behaviors.One way we can reduce the dissonance is by ________.

A) modifying either the attitude or the behavior to be more extremely inconsistent with each other
B) focusing more of our attention on the discrepancy to determine whether the attitude or the behavior is more important to us
C) describing the dissonant attitude and behavior to a significant other person to seek their support
D) using self-affirmation,whereby we restore positive self-evaluations by focusing our attention on positive self-attributes
E) strengthening the attitude and the behavior and ignoring the discrepancy