When No Weapons of Mass Destruction Were Found Following the U.S.invasion

question 358

Multiple Choice

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.This suggests that we can best explain why people changed their memories in terms of

• A) the fundamental attribution error.
• B) role-playing theory.
• C) central route persuasion.
• D) cognitive dissonance theory.

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