People reduce cognitive dissonance by

A. seeking out the negative aspects of a decision and highlighting them.
B. developing more favorable attitudes toward specific features of a decision.
C. pretending there were no alternatives to the decision.
D. reversing the decision that caused the dissonance.


Answer: B

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