Author Question: People are unlikely to change their attitudes after saying something they don't truly believe if ... (Read 96 times)

swpotter12 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

People are unlikely to change their attitudes after saying something they don't truly believe if there is ________ for the lie.

a. insufficient justification
b. external justification
c. postdecision regret
d. insufficient rationalization

Question 2

Recall that in experiments presented in your text (Leippe & Eisenstadt, 1994; 1998),

white college students agreed to write essays in favor of doubling funds for minority student scholarships, even though that policy would reduce funds available for majority students. What happened? Participants
a. who were initially prejudiced did not change their attitudes, but non-prejudiced participants did.
b. convinced themselves that they supported the policy of expanding aid to minority students.
c. changed their attitudes about the policy, but not about minority students.
d. who were prejudiced refused to write the essays.