Mandy believes all engineers are unimaginative.Working on the literary magazine,she meets Josiah,who is an engineering major and a writer of fascinating short stories.Mandy is likely to handle this contradiction by deciding that:

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Mandy is likely to use cognitive dissonance reduction to handle this contradiction by deciding that Josiah is the exception to the rule about engineers. This allows her to maintain her belief that engineers are generally unimaginative while accepting the fact that Josiah is both an engineer and a writer of fascinating short stories. This is a common strategy used to reduce the discomfort of holding two conflicting beliefs.

Mandy Believes All Engineers Are Unimaginative