Marge Believes Rather Strongly That More Money Should Be Devoted

Multiple Choice

Marge believes rather strongly that more money should be devoted to environmental concerns. However, she is agitated because she just signed a petition for a friend advocating the logging of a local forest in order to create new jobs. She then seems to soften her stance about the environment. This is best explained by

A) cognitive dissonance theory.
B) self-affirmation theory.
C) the inoculation hypothesis.
D) self-perception theory.