Which example best illustrates cognitive dissonance?
1. braden pulls over in his car when a police officer tells him to do so.
2. julie assumes her friend is "being flaky" when she forgets a lunch date.
3. boris dances at a party to feel accepted by the other guests.
4. stephanie tells herself that smoking is okay because she only smokes a few cigarettes daily.

The array of significant individuals who serve as sources of social support is called the social

For questions 6-10, match the letter of the description that best matches the term. descriptions: a. to people reach their full potential b. refers to a persons drive to reach his or her full potential c. name the type of therapy developed by rogers d. being accepted by another just as you are, or accepting someone else just as they are e. the bottom of maslows hierarchy 6. need for food, water and oxygen 7. client centered therapy 8. self-actualization 9. the goal of the humanistic approach 10. unconditional positive regard

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.