Festinger and Carlsmith attempted to determine

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Festinger and Carlsmith's study focused on cognitive dissonance and whether an inconsistency between attitude and behavior would cause people to change their attitudes. They asked participants to perform a tedious task and then paid them either $1 or $20 to tell the next participant that the task was interesting. They found that those who were paid $1, and therefore had a greater inconsistency between their attitude (task was boring) and behavior (telling someone else it was interesting), were more likely to change their attitude to reduce this discomfort of dissonance.

Festinger and Carlsmith Attempted to Determine