Question

Bethany has been listening to a political speaker who is encouraging people to support a law that would require all people to recycle aluminum cans, and severely penalize those who do not recycle. The speaker is giving strong arguments in favor of this proposed law and is couching his appeal in moral and ethical language. As a result, Bethany is becoming increasingly annoyed and resentful of the speaker and his arguments. She may be experiencing ________

Answer 1

Answer: Reactance

Step-by-step explanation:

A Reactance could be seen as an oppostion to the flow of an electric current (using Physics terms here). Reactance relating to humans is the rejection of a school of thought or thought especially when it doesn't agree to what's normal or to what you hold in high esteem. What the Political Speaker was saying was against what Bethany believed in, Bethany becomes reactance to his speech, i.e he oppposes what he says and is irritated about it.

Answer 2

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Bethany has been listening to a political speaker who is encouraging people to support a law that would require all people to recycle aluminum cans and severely penalize those who do not recycle. The speaker is giving strong arguments in favor of this proposed law and is couching his appeal in moral and ethical language. As a result, Bethany is becoming increasingly annoyed and resentful of the speaker and his arguments. She may be experiencing

a) biased assimilation

b) acceptance

c) cognitive dissonance

d) reactance

e) counterfactual thinking

Answer:

The correct answer is d) reactance.

Step-by-step explanation:

In psychology, reactance refers to a negative emotional arousal caused by the feeling that one's freedom is being limited by others. When people feel their behavioral freedom is being threatened, by rules, impositions, opinions etc., they experience reactance. Bethany does not enjoy the fact that the speaker is advocating so strongly for people to be punished for something as simple as recycling cans. She probably feels that this is something she should be able to decide on her own. She is experiencing reactance.