Lawanda did not want to change her stance on capital punishment, but Jack's argument did make her think twice about her position. However, instead of being persuaded, Lawanda just tuned out. How has Lawanda responded to her own cognitive dissonance in this instance?

Stopped paying attention or listening to Jack's argument.

Explanation:

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term which refers to a situation consisting of norms, beliefs, behaviour and set of conflicting attitudes.

When cognitive dissonance is in force, it leads to mental imbalance thereby resulting to change in one's belief, behaviour and attitude to cushion and restore the mental balance.

In this instance, lawanda responded to her own cognitive dissonance by stop listening or paying attention to Jack's argument.