Card 17 / 54: In Festinger’s original experiment examining cognitive dissonance, people took a boring test, and were then paid either $1 or $20 to lie and tell the next person that task had been interesting. When later asked to evaluate how truly interesting the task had been, who rated the task as most enjoyable?
A)
the people who lied and were paid $20
B)
the people who did not lie
C)
the people who lied and were paid either $1 or $20 equally
D)
the people who lied and were paid $1
Answer:
D) the people who lied and were paid $1
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