Cecelia Is a Receptionist and Just Spent $347 on a New

question 52

Multiple Choice

Cecelia is a receptionist and just spent $347 on a new riding saddle for her boyfriend Claude,a weekend cowboy.When she got home with the saddle,she experienced a high level of anxiety about whether she has made the right purchase decision.What did Cecelia experience?

• A)selective dissatisfaction
• B)temporal distortion
• C)perceptual disharmony
• D)cognitive dissonance

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