Question

You receive multiple job offers after graduating from college. You find it difficult to arrive at a decision. However, once you decide to accept an offer, you find yourself _____ the job offers you did not accept in order to reduce dissonance.

Answer 1

Downgrading

Step-by-step explanation:

Decision making: It is a cognitive process of choosing alternative among many other alternatives available by using logic, knowledge, taste, preferences, etc.

Cognitive dissonance: It is a psychological principle that arises when an individual has two or more contradictory choices available and one choice are made against other alternative available, which cause stress as there is an inconsistency between value and action made.

In the given case, the decision is made to choose one job offer out of multiple job offers, which causes stress as a feeling of downgrading other job offers.