Mrs. Jonas believes strongly that it is important that worker's rights be respected, and that one of the more important ways of doing this is to ensure that all workers be properly documented. She is supervising a contracting company that is building a new warehouse for her company. While doing this she discovers that many of the workers employed by the contractor are undocumented aliens working for well below minimum wage.
-Mrs. Jonas is likely experiencing ________.
A) cognitive dissonance
B) unresolved anger
C) ethical evasion
D) uncertainty avoidance
E) social pressure

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Mrs. Jonas is likely experiencing cognitive dissonance, which is the discomfort that arises when a person's attitudes and beliefs are inconsistent with their behavior. She believes in worker's rights and proper documentation, but the contractor's use of undocumented workers goes against those beliefs. This creates cognitive dissonance for Mrs. Jonas as she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with the reality of the situation.

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