In 1959, Festinger and Carlsmith conducted a classic experiment in which they asked participants to tell a lie (about how interesting a very boring study was). The researchers paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell this lie. The same participants were then asked how interesting they really thought the study was. What did the researchers find?
a. There was no difference between those paid $1 and those paid $20; both said that the (very boring) study was indeed boring.
b. There was no difference between those paid $1 and those paid $20; both said that the (very boring) study was in fact very interesting.
c. Compared to those paid $1, those paid $20 rated the study as much more interesting.
d. Compared to those paid $20, those paid $1 rated the study as much more interesting.
D
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