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Melani1276 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Aronson and Mills (1959) performed an experiment in which college women were invited to join a discussion group about sex.

In order to join the group, participants had to undergo either a severe initiation, a mild initiation, or no initiation. Which of the following best describes this study's findings? Women who underwent ________ initiation enjoyed the discussion the ________.
a. a mild; most
b. a severe; most
c. a severe; least
d. no; most

Question 2

________ refers to the tendency of people to increase their liking for something they have worked hard to attain.

a. Postdecision dissonance
b. Insufficient justification
c. Justification of effort
d. Minimal justification