Author Question: Who is most likely to convince him- or herself that he or she believes in the behavior he or she is ... (Read 91 times)

PhilipSeeMore · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Who is most likely to convince him- or herself that he or she believes in the behavior he or she is performing?

a. Jackie, who obeys the speed limit when her radar detector tells her there's a police car in the vicinity
b. Loren, who turns down the radio because his mother says it interferes with her concentration
c. Casey, who stops teasing his younger brother because his parents have threatened to take away his television if he continues
d. Miriam, who pulls her math grade up to a C because her parents threatened to take away her driving privileges if she continued to fail

Question 2

Recall that in experiments presented in your text (Leippe & Eisenstadt, 1994; 1998), why did white participants experience dissonance after writing essays in favor of doubling scholarship funds for minority students?

a. They were racially prejudiced.
b. It would mean less scholarship money for white students.
c. They had little contact with minority students.
d. It would expose their prejudice.