Tamika met samantha, who was new to the school. tamika began to develop a friendship with samantha and soon they became good friends. then tamika learned that samantha had been a troublemaker at her old school. tamika liked samantha, but now saw her as a troublemaker. tamika finally resolved these conflicting emotions by deciding that samantha should be admired for turning over a new leaf at her new school.
this can be explained by

a) maladaptive gullibility
b) implicit egotism theory
c) self-monitoring theory
d) cognitive dissonance theory

D) cognitive dissonance theory                                                      

Explanation:

The cognitive dissonance theory was introduced by Leon Festinger in 1957.

According to Festinger's theory, an individual strives for the inner psychological consistency to behave mentally in the world.

According to this theory, there is a propensity of an individual to strive or seek consistency between different cognitions including opinions, beliefs, etc. If an individual finds inconsistency between his or her behavior or attitude then it should be changed to avoid the dissonance.

In the question above, the given statement is explained in terms of cognitive dissonance theory.

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