According to the Authors of Your Text, Why Would People

question 109

Multiple Choice

According to the authors of your text, why would people experience cognitive dissonance after investing a lot of time and effort in pursuit of a goal that falls short of their expectations?

• A) Punishment serves to reduce intrinsic motivation.
• B) Heightened intrinsic motivation biases people's perceptions.
• C) Actually, people would not experience cognitive dissonance in this situation.
• D) Sensible people don't work hard to attain something trivial.

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