Recall That Aronson and Carlsmith (1963) Told Preschoolers That They

question 127

Multiple Choice

Recall that Aronson and Carlsmith (1963) told preschoolers that they were not allowed to play with a toy that the children had already rated as more attractive than other toys. Half of the children were threatened with mild punishment if they disobeyed, and the other half with severe punishment. When the experimenter left the room, none of the children played with the forbidden toy. When the experimenter returned and asked the children to rate all the toys again, those children who received __________.

• A) mild threats reduced their dissonance by rating the forbidden toy as less attractive than before
• B) severe threats increased their dissonance by rating the forbidden toy as more attractive than before
• C) mild threats increased their dissonance by rating the toy as more attractive than before
• D) severe threats reduced their dissonance by rating the toy as less attractive than before

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Definitions:

Water

A ubiquitous chemical substance with the formula H2O, vital for all known forms of life and used in a myriad of industrial processes.

Polarity

The property of having distinct and opposite directions or poles, used in various scientific contexts, such as molecular polarity, cell polarity, and electrical polarity.

Hydrogen Bonding

A type of weak chemical bond that is formed between the hydrogen atom in one molecule and an electronegative atom in another molecule.

Water Molecules

The smallest unit of water (H2O), consisting of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom, essential for life and all known forms of chemistry.