For Joel Cooper, dissonance is generated by:
A) the knowledge that one's actions have unnecessarily hurt another person.
B) high self-esteem.
C) low self-esteem.
D) the fact that we are rationalizing, rather than rational, animals who want to appear reasonable to ourselves.

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Dissonance is generated when one's actions conflict with their self-concept, such as knowing that one's actions have unnecessarily hurt another person. Additionally, dissonance arises because we rationalize our actions to maintain a self-image of being reasonable.

For Joel Cooper, Dissonance Is Generated By