At the beginning of the 2003 Iraq war,only 38% of Americans said the war was justified even if Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.When no such weapons were found after the war,58% of Americans supported the war.Myers explains this revision of people's memories of their government's main rationale for going to war as an example of:
A)self-presentation.
B)cognitive dissonance.
C)terror management theory.
D)self-perception.

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This cognitive dissonance refers to the discomfort or mental stress experienced by a person who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values or ideas. This theory suggests that when people are faced with conflicting information, they tend to revise their beliefs to reduce the inconsistency, which is why many Americans supported the war even after the primary reason for going to war was proven false.

At the Beginning of the 2003 Iraq War,only 38% of Americans