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Ludo doesn't believe in cheating on school work, but then he took a French test and everyone else was cheating, so he did it, too. Now, he tells himself that cheating is usually bad, but sometimes it is O.K. This is an example of:

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cognitive dissonance apex
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Answer:

The correct answer is ''Cognitive Dissonance''.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Cognitive Dissonance is the name given to the psychological term that refers to the mental discomfort, or psychological stress that an individual has when he holds two or more contradictorial beliefs, ideas or values. It all starts when the person experience a situation where his beliefs are put in risk due to a new evidence perceived by the person that began to question his previous way to see things.

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