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tatyanajohnson

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Meghan has been accepted to two top graduate schools. Under which condition will she experience the most dissonance?
 
  a. when she is thinking about the pros and cons of both programs before making up her mind
  b. when she is pretty sure which program she wants to attend but has not yet notified the school of her decision
  c. right after she decides which program to attend and notifies the school of her decision
  d. Meghan will experience an equal amount of dissonance in each of the above three circumstances.

Question 2

Your best friend has joined a cult called The Fellowship of Feeling. He had to spend a month in a set of increasingly severe hazing rituals;
 
  pay an 8,000 membership fee; and go along to watch older members find homeless people to harass and beat up. Your friend loves this group and keeps urging you to join. What principle of dissonance is likely operating on your friend?
  a. the justification of effort
  b. low self-esteem
  c. hypocrisy induction
  d. insufficient justification



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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