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Jorge always tells people he's not religious, but he has a Christian bumper sticker on his car. If he were to feel uncomfortable due to the inconsistency between his stated attitude and his behavior, he would experience________________

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cognitive dissonance

Step-by-step explanation:

Cognitive dissonance: In social psychology, the term cognitive dissonance is defined as a process in which an individual feels discomfort by holding conflicting beliefs, values, ideas simultaneously.

If an individual is experiencing cognitive dissonance, then the behavior or attitude of his or her will be different from the thinking-pattern and because of this discomfort occurs and eventually, he or she seeks consonance between the reality and the expectations.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the cognitive dissonance.

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