Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
A teacher used the following statement to change the behaviour of a student who was a smoker: 'Smoking is healthy for the nation.' This is an example of
ACognitive dissonance ✓ Correct
BConceptual conflict
CMeaningful learning
DChallenge
Correct answer: (A) Cognitive dissonance — Creating a clash between belief and the odd statement is cognitive dissonance, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Creating a clash between belief and the odd statement is cognitive dissonance, so that is the answer.
★Cognitive dissonance is the uneasy tension felt when two ideas a person holds do not agree.
★The absurd claim that smoking is healthy jars against what the student knows, stirring this tension.
★That discomfort pushes the student to rethink and change his smoking behaviour.
★Conceptual conflict is a related but broader clash of concepts, not this belief tension used to change behaviour.
★Meaningful learning and challenge are different ideas, so this is an example of cognitive dissonance.
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