You Always Considered Yourself to Be Someone Who Hated Exercising

question 155

Multiple Choice

You always considered yourself to be someone who hated exercising. However, when you stop to think about it, you realize you've actually been very active in recent years and do in fact work out pretty frequently. According to Daryl Bem's self-perception theory (1972) , how would you be likely to respond to this observation?

• A)use this insight as a catalyst to begin a journey of reevaluation and self-discovery
• B)modify your belief that you don't like exercising
• C)exercise even more to reduce cognitive dissonance
• D)stop exercising to reduce cognitive dissonance
• E)assume you're engaging in a self-serving bias

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