Question

Tara has very strong opinions about a proposed tuition increase. However, when Tara becomes the student representative for the college board that proposed the raise in tuition, she develops a more favorable attitude about the tuition increase. Which theory best explains why?

Answer 1

cognitive dissonance theory

Step-by-step explanation:

Cognitive dissonance: In psychology, the term "cognitive dissonance" is often considered as cognitive bias and is described as a phenomenon that generally occurs when an individual tends to hold two or more than two contradictory values, beliefs, ideas or participate in any action that generally goes opposite to one of these three and then he or she experiences psychological stress due to this conflict.

In the question above, the given statement represents the cognitive dissonance theory.