Question

As a senior student representative on the ethics advisory board of your university, you feel strongly that cheating on college exams is unethical. You never cheated on any exam. However, this semester your best friend was desperate for your help, and you allowed him to take a quick "peek" at your answer sheet. Since then, you feel uncomfortable every time you think of the situation.
Which of the following concepts best explains your psychological discomfort?

A. job detachment
B. cognitive dissonance
C. emotional labor
D. emotional dissonance
E. effective detachment

Answer 1

Answer: (B) Cognitive dissonance

Explanation:

 The cognitive dissonance is one of the social psychology concept that explain about the psychological stress, ideas and the values that is experienced by the person.

The cognitive dissonance is defined as the theory in which the people are biased for seeking the consonance between the reality and their specific expectations. The contradictory ideas, values and the beliefs that is related to the psychology field.  

Therefore, Option (B) is correct.