Author Question: As you and your friends returned and met up for the first time since high school, you find that ... (Read 97 times)

ahriuashd · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

As you and your friends returned and met up for the first time since high school, you find that you've all taken different paths in life.

Based on cognitive dissonance and the principle of justification of effort, who would be the LEAST satisfied with what he or she is currently doing?
a. Jill, who just finished a grueling four-month training period with the Marines
b. Matt, who is in the Peace Corps, living in third-world countries with no modern conveniences
c. Fiona, who is going to a local college with a loose admissions policy, and whose parents are paying her way
d. Ann, who went through a five-step process to be accepted at her college and now is taking rigorous courses

Question 2

If a person goes through a demanding process involving lots of effort and hard work to achieve a goal, what would cognitive dissonance suggest that person will think about the experience afterwards?

a. I loved all of that work; it's really fun to pull all-nighters and not sleep
b. I really liked being so stressed out, especially when I ended up sick because of it.
c. Going through all of that effort was worth it
d. It's fun to have bad things happen to you when you are trying to attain a goal.