Those Who Argue That Self-Perception Theory Better Explains Why People

question 34

Multiple Choice

Those who argue that self-perception theory better explains why people change their attitudes in research studies than does cognitive dissonance theory do not believe that

• A) changes in attitudes are motivated by a desire to reduce unpleasant feelings.
• B) private attitudes truly change in these experiments.
• C) the changed attitude must be directly related to the attitude-discrepant behavior.
• D) observers are fairly accurate in predicting others' attitudes.

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