"There's No Way I'd Give Up Drinking! I'd Just Be

Multiple Choice

"There's no way I'd give up drinking! I'd just be stressed out all the time," says Lilly, as she sips her third martini of the evening. Lilly's comments about her drinking habit are an example of using __________ to reduce cognitive dissonance.

A) minimized shift
B) justification
C) behavior change
D) cognitive change