The World-Will-End-On-June-7 Group Got Together on June 7 to Pray

question 21

Multiple Choice

The World-Will-End-on-June-7 group got together on June 7 to pray as the world ended. The next day the world did not end. The leader of the group said, "Our prayers saved the world." What process was responsible for the attitude change?

• A) operant conditioning
• B) cognitive dissonance
• C) classical conditioning
• D) positive reinforcement
• E) scapegoating

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