Why would people be less likely to engage in dissonance-reducing behaviors in a collectivist culture?
a. because they would be focused on group harmony rather than self-justification
b. because they would not experience dissonance
c. because they would focus only on self-justification
d. because they would not be able to change their behavior or add cognitions
Question 2
Triandis (1995) and others have argued that dissonance-reducing behaviors may be less prevalent on the surface in societies in which
a. there is less industrialization.
b. the climate is tropical.
c. the needs of the group matter more than the individual.
d. there is a monarch in a position of real power.
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