Social Psychology 9th Edition by David Myers

Exercise 98

After spending a great deal of time researching vehicles, Linda makes a purchase. After having owned the vehicle for several months, she experiences dissonance and wonders if she made the right decision with her purchase. According to dissonance theory, we would expect Linda to reduce her dissonance by _______ the chosen vehicle and _______ the unchosen vehicles.
A) focusing on; ignoring
B) ignoring; focusing on
C) downgrading; upgrading
D) upgrading; downgrading