Karen smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. However, she is aware that smoking is harmful to her health; therefore, she holds two conflicting or dissonant thoughts. If Karen were to reduce her cognitive dissonance by changing her attitude, she might say to herself,

• A. "smoking really isn\t that dangerous."
• B. "smoking is a habit that i have little control over."
• C. "i think that i\ll try to give up smoking."
• D. "i\ll only smoke when i feel stressed out."