Mark drinks about a fifth of bourbon each day but denies that he’s an alcoholic. when his wife suggests that he should seek treatment, he angrily replies, “i hold down a job just fine. drinking just doesn’t affect me as much as it does other people. if i had problems at work, then maybe i’d be worried that i have a drinking problem, but i don’t.” what is mark most likely doing to reduce his level of cognitive dissonance?

The correct answer would be, Mark is most likely doing Self Justification to reduce his level of cognitive dissonance.

Explanation:

When a person has some thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, which are inconsistent, especially as relating to behavior decisions and attitude change, it is called as the Cognitive Dissonance.

In this example, Mark is practicing the Self Justification attitude of Cognitive Dissonance, which means he is justifying his wrong act or behavior by giving some inconsistent examples. His this attitude is a self justification attitude.

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