The Authors of Your Text Present a Study by Egan

question 151

Multiple Choice

The authors of your text present a study by Egan and his colleagues in which monkeys were given a choice between different colors of M&Ms- later,their preference for different colors of M&Ms was re-assessed. The researchers found that the monkeys

• A)later preferred the choice they had originally disliked.
• B)reduced their liking for the colors of M&Ms they hadn't chosen.
• C)reduced their liking for the colors of M&Ms they had chosen.
• D)only experienced dissonance when they had observed it in other monkeys.

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Derived Demand

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