Participants in the Elliot and Devine Study Reported Being More

question 83

Multiple Choice

Participants in the Elliot and Devine study reported being more agitated and uncomfortable when experiencing dissonance. This finding is:

• A) support for Bem and self-perception theory.
• B) support for Aronson and cognitive dissonance theory.
• C) partial support for both theories.
• D) clear proof for cognitive dissonance theory.

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