Assume that in experiments conducted by Aronson and his colleagues Sally was randomly assigned to write and deliver a pro-condom speech to be shown to high school students.
She also listed all the times she found it awkward or impossible to use condoms in her sexual encounters. After completing these tasks, Sally reduced her dissonance by reporting a greater willingness to use condoms in her future sexual activities. Why? She
a. was embarrassed by the tasks, and wanted to please the experimenters.
b. felt like a hypocrite, and changed her attitude to reduce the dissonance.
c. changed her attitude to convince the experimenters to destroy her videotape.
d. felt a like a hypocrite and maintained her attitude to maintain dissonance.
Question 2
Jacob recently was late to a meeting because of a traffic jam. Later that day, when his wife is late arriving home, Jacob is probably going to be ________, based on the idea of the hypocrisy induction.
a. angrier
b. harsher
c. more easily frustrated
d. forgiving
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