In an experiment conducted by Festinger and Carlsmith (1959), participants had to perform a boring task and were paid either $1 or $20 to tell the next participant that the task was interesting. The results of the experiment demonstrated that
A) those who received $20 saw the task as more enjoyable than those who received $1.
B) those who received $1 saw the task as more enjoyable than those who received $20.
C) participants were not likely to tell the lie regardless of the payment.
D) even though participants told the next participant that they enjoyed the task, later they confessed that they had not enjoyed the task, regardless of how much they were paid.
Answer: B
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