Describe the Festinger & Carlsmith (1959) study. Be sure to discuss which individuals were more likely to experience dissonance and change their attitudes. What was the more general lesson learned about counterattitudinal behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A complete answer would mention the boring task; payment of $1 or $20 to the two groups; the request to lie to a waiting "participant"; that persons in both groups lied; that the $1 group experienced dissonance because they had insufficient justification to lie, and this was inconsistent with their view of themselves as honest people; that the $20 group did not experience dissonance because of the external justification and did not adjust their attitudes. The more general principle is that counterattitudinal behavior will produce significant dissonance only if there is insufficient justification for engaging in the behavior.
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