People Are Motivated to Evaluate the Consistency of Their Beliefs

question 69

Multiple Choice

People are motivated to evaluate the consistency of their beliefs because doing so:

• A)makes it less likely that they will fall victim to the foot-in-the-door technique.
• B)makes it less likely that they will fall victim to the door-in-the-face technique.
• C)is a means of avoiding the self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D)is a means of evaluating the accuracy of new beliefs.

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