Most of the Research on Cognitive Dissonance Has Been Conducted

question 19

Multiple Choice

Most of the research on cognitive dissonance has been conducted on Caucasian American students.Recall, however, that Kitayama, Snibbe, Markus, and Suzuki conducted a cross-cultural investigation.In this study, Japanese and Canadian participants were asked to choose between two CDs.In one condition, participants were asked, after ranking a large number of CDs, to choose between two of the middle-ranked CDs.In the other condition, participants were asked to rank the presumed preferences of the "average college student." Results showed that

• A) the manipulation made no difference for either the Canadians or the Japanese.
• B) the manipulation made a difference for both the Canadians and the Japanese.
• C) the manipulation made a difference for the Canadians but not for the Japanese.
• D) the manipulation made a difference for the Japanese but not for the Canadians.

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