__________ tends to create an uncomfortable feeling in an individual experiencing conflicting emotions about another person or situation.

Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort someone feels when their beliefs, attitudes, or feelings conflict with one another or with their behavior. The question describes conflicting emotions about a person or situation, so the answer is cognitive dissonance. Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning describe ways of learning, not this kind of emotional discomfort.

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