Although She Likes to Think of Herself as a Loving

Although she likes to think of herself as a loving, patient, and gentle partner, Suzanne has a really bad temper and often screams and belittles her boyfriend when arguing with him. The discomfort she feels because of the discrepancy between her beliefs about herself as a romantic partner and her actions during their arguments best illustrates:

A) Cognitive dissonance
B) Elaboration likelihood
C) A dissonance ratio
D) Peripheral route processing
E) Inoculation