A Japanese Psychologist by the Name of Sakai Observed Participants

question 11

Multiple Choice

A Japanese psychologist by the name of Sakai observed participants partaking in dissonance-reducing behaviors. Sakai also had a fellow group member of the participant observe the dissonance-reducing behavior. The observer then indicated how enjoyable he or she thought a boring task was. These results suggest that Japanese observers

• A) attended to what their fellow group members said, and ignored the task itself.
• B) have no internally based attitudes; those are a Western cultural phenomenon.
• C) experience dissonance on behalf of fellow members of their group.
• D) wanted to show solidarity with the experimenter by saying the task was enjoyable.

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