The Finding That Voters Who Had Just Cast Their Ballots

question 10

Multiple Choice

The finding that voters who had just cast their ballots were more confident that their candidate would win an election than voters just entering the polling station illustrates the effects of:

• A) post-decision dissonance
• B) selective information seeking
• C) a regret phase
• D) insufficient justification
• E) counter-attitudinal behaviour

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