Discussion 5

you will need to answer 3 questions by other students in class. Choose questions that no one else has already answered and do not answer your own questions. You will need to write at least 250 words EACH QUESTION, and use the textbook and course materials to answer the question!

Questions:

1) People are going to make decisions about something once in their life, do you think people make these decisions on instinct, or is there a process that goes through the brain. Why or why not?

2) While reading about self-justification, Aronson et al. explain that people often justify others, events, or circumstances to reduce cognitive dissonance. Rather than accepting that our original perspective may have been incomplete or incorrect, could this process sometimes reflect denialsettling for something that does not align with what we originally expected? What cues should we look for, or what questions can we ask ourselves, to become more aware and avoid falling into self-justification?

3) Why do we experience post-decision dissonance, especially when we usually tend to justify decisions to boost our self-esteem?