How can cognitive dissonance to reduce unconsciously prejudiced or discriminatory behavior? a. cognitive dissonance creates a tension between the intentions and the actions that the individual is motivated to reduce by changing one’s behavior. b. cognitive dissonance creates a space in which discriminatory behavior is impossible, leading to a gradual reduction in those behaviors in every part of life. c. cognitive dissonance creates an excuse to change behavior that may be socially acceptable yet prejudiced without giving any reason for others to doubt one’s sincerity. d. cognitive dissonance creates an inclusive environment around the individual in which all parties, no matter their affiliations, are welcome to behave in a neutral manner.

Use the position statement you used earlier and the ideas you gathered, and write an editorial that is one paragraph in length. include your position statement and supporting ideas.

How does cultural diffusion affect civilization

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?