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Jamal is opposed to drinking​ alcohol, but he has been offered a lucrative marketing job with a brewery. He is tempted to take the job but feels hypocritical. Jamal is experiencing​ _______.

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Jamal is experiencing Cognitive Dissonance.
Cognitive Dissonance refers to the mental pressure that someone has because they currently have to experience two or more values that contradict each other at the same time.
By taking the job, Jamal know that he will increase the likelihood of him doing something that is opposed by his personal value.
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