Recall That Elliot Aronson and His Colleagues (1991,1993)asked College Students

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Multiple Choice

Recall that Elliot Aronson and his colleagues (1991,1993) asked college students either to compose a persuasive message advocating the use of condoms or to compose and deliver their message in front of a video camera.In addition,half of the participants in each group were made mindful of the times that they didn't use condoms.Which (fictitious) participant below would experience the most dissonance and express a greater willingness to use condoms in the future?

• A)Jane,who spoke before a video camera,but did not list the times it was hard to use condoms
• B)Paul,who did not deliver his speech on video,but listed the times he found it hard to use condoms
• C)Sally,who delivered her speech,and listed the times she found it hard to use condoms
• D)Otis,who did not deliver his speech,and did not list the times he found it hard to use condoms

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