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Unit 8 – Clinical Psychology
Topic 8.5
How might an understanding of cognitive dissonance theory help explain some reactions to trauma?
Cognitive dissonance theory states that traumatic experiences decrease internal conflict due to belief changes.
Individuals may alter their beliefs about themselves or their world in order to resolve internal conflict following a traumatic experience.
Cognitive dissonance theory argues that trauma has no effect on one's belief systems.
Cognitive dissonance theory suggests that trauma leads directly to altered beliefs.
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AP Psychology - 8.5 Trauma- and Stressor Related, Dissociative, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
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