All of the Following Are Necessary Conditions for Cognitive Dissonance

question 22

Multiple Choice

All of the following are necessary conditions for cognitive dissonance specified by Cooper and Fazio (1984) except that people must

• A) freely choose to engage in the attitude-discrepant behavior.
• B) assign responsibility for the behavior to an outside source.
• C) experience physiological arousal as a result of their behavior.
• D) attribute their arousal to the attitude-discrepant behavior.

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