Recall that Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell someone else that a tedious, boring task was really interesting. Participants paid ________ modified their original attitudes because they had ________ for lying
a. $20; minimal external justification
b. $1; little external justification
c. $20; an abundance of external justification
d. $1; little internal justification
Answer: B
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