When no weapons of mass destruction were found following the u. s. invasion of iraq, some americans revised their memories of the main rationale for going to war. the text author suggests that we can best explain why people changed their memories in terms of:

The correct word to fill the blank space is cognitive dissonance theory.

Explanation:

Cognitive dissonance theory is the tendency of individuals to seek consistency about their thoughts, ideas or opinions. In this case, some Americans decided to revise and research the main reasons for going to war after no weapons of mass destruction were founded in Iraq during the invasion.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.

answer; the claim that behavior is always controlled by beliefs about what is good;