According to the Text, Which of the Following Studies Best

question 23

Multiple Choice

According to the text, which of the following studies best supports Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory?

• A) a study showing that voters express more support for their candidate right before voting than they do right after voting
• B) a study showing that people value academic achievement more strongly after reading education-related words than after reading sports-related words
• C) a study showing that people express more confidence in a bet right after making it than they do right before making it
• D) a study showing that introspection leads to less attitude-behavior consistency than does an absence of introspection

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