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Cognitive Dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and beliefs in _____ and avoid _____

Harmony, disharmony

Disharmony, harmony

According to the theory, when there is an inconsistency between attitudes or behaviors, ...

Something must change to eliminate the dissonance

Nothing happens because our minds are not bothered by the dissonance

Dissonance can be reduced by

Changing one or more attitudes, behaviors, beliefs

Acquiring new information that outweighs the dissonant beliefs

Reducing the importance of the cognitions

All of the above

Billy continues smoking even though he knows it's bad for him because he believes eating healthy and exercising regularly outweighs the smoking. Is this an example of cognitive dissonance?

Yes

Why was Phoebe experiencing a cognitive dissonance?

She was not experiencing a cognitive dissonance.

She wanted the lamp from Pottery Barn but that would go against her beliefs.

Cognitive dissonance was first investigated out of a participant observation study of a _____

Cult

Middle class business workers

In the Forced Compliance Behavior experiment, the cognition was that _____ but their behavior was _____.

I didn't want to do this; I did it

I did want to do this; I didn't do it

The participants who were paid $1 rated the tedious task as _____ than the participants who were paid $20 to lie.

More enjoyable

Less enjoyable

Why did the participants who received different amount of money differ in their opinion of the tedious task?

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