Question

Two women, Jackie and Roberta, ask Katie out. Although she likes both of them, Katie decides to go out with Jackie. Afterward, she starts to notice more positive qualities about Jackie and more negative qualities about Roberta. Katie’s new attitude is most likely a result of:______________.

Answer 1

Answer: cognitive consistency

Step-by-step explanation:

Cognitive consistency refers to those ideas that we prefer over the ones which are unpleasant because they correlates with our pleasant psychological state.

Cognitive consistency refers to the preference of our thoughts,beliefs, knowledge, attitudes and non contradictory ideas.

These ideas should fit exactly with how we perceive ourselves since those that contradict lead to unpleasant psychological state and we would rather avoid those.