Psychology / Unit 11 Psych 1202 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Reducing Dissonance
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The idea
Dissonance is reduced by changing the belief, changing the behavior, or adding a justification that reconciles them.
In practice
Participants paid one dollar to call a dull task enjoyable later rated it as more enjoyable than those paid twenty.
Where people slip
The smaller the external justification, the larger the belief change. That relationship is counterintuitive and reliable.
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