After reducing postdecision dissonance, people are more likely to rate the chosen and unchosen alternatives as
a. being very similar, with about equal strengths and weaknesses.
b. having an equal number of strengths, but the chosen alternative as having fewer weaknesses.
c. being more dissimilar, such that the chosen alternative is much more desirable than the unchosen one.
d. being similar in terms of weaknesses, but the chosen alternative has more strengths.
Answer: C
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