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BrownTown3 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Imagine that a researcher asks you to perform a dull task and then pays you to lie by telling a prospective subject that the task was enjoyable.

The principle of insufficient justification says that you should come to see the task as _____ when you are paid _____.
a. interesting and enjoyable; less
b. tedious and boring; less
c. interesting and enjoyable; more
d. none of the above

Question 2

You take a psychology course and receive an A for the semester, and then decide that you like psychology and want to be a psychology major. Which principle best explains your attitude?

a. reinforcement
b. imitation
c. balance
d. dissonance reduction