What Is a Cognitive Dissonance Explanation for Results Found by Festinger

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Multiple Choice

What is a cognitive dissonance explanation for results found by Festinger and Carlsmith

• A) Subjects paid $1 to lie felt little cognitive dissonance. 
• B) Subjects paid $20 to lie had sufficient justification for their counterattitudinal behaviour and experienced little dissonance. 
• C) Subjects paid $1 to lie had sufficient justification for their counterattitudinal behaviour. 
• D) Subjects paid $20 to lie felt high cognitive dissonance.

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