In a Variation on Festinger's Classic Study on Induced Compliance,participants

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In a variation on Festinger's classic study on induced compliance,participants are asked to tell a confederate that a very boring task is in fact quite fun but the confederate does not appear to be deceived by this lie.Under these circumstances,participants do not show the typical cognitive dissonance effect which suggests that inconsistency only produces dissonance if

• A) the consequences of the inconsistency are foreseeable.
• B) the individual doesn't have a chance to affirm themselves in another domain.
• C) there is sufficient justification for the inconsistency.
• D) there are negative consequences of the inconsistency.

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