The potential for dissonance reduction to produce a succession of self-justifications that ultimately result in a chain of stupid or immoral actions is called a(n)
A) guilty trap.
B) rationalization trap.
C) self-affirmation theory.
D) counter-attitudinal advocacy.
E) uncertainty conundrum.
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