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Social Psychology Paper
This assignment is due in Week Nine.
|Content |Points Earned |
|60 Percent |X/5 |
|Lists the factors that contributed towards Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew and how did |Comments: |
|these factors contribute. |The factors that have contributed towards |
|Explains the ways Sarah displays cognitive dissonance.
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Sarah was displaying |
| |cognitive dissonance because she was |
| |conflicted over two things. Getting home on |
| |time and having her friends like her so that |
| |they can hang out more. On one hand Sarah |
| |wants to get home in time because she has |
| |never ever broken her curfew at all. And on |
| |the other hand she wants her new friends to |
| |like her so that they will be able to hang |
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