According to Leon Festinger, Individuals Reduce Cognitive Dissonance in All

question 54

Multiple Choice

According to Leon Festinger, individuals reduce cognitive dissonance in all of the following ways EXCEPT by:

• A) developing new ways of explaining the inconsistency.
• B) changing future behavior.
• C) persisting with the current attitude and behavior.
• D) changing the underlying attitude.
• E) developing new ways of rationalizing the inconsistency.

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