Rhea has two sons.She promises to give incentives to her sons for weeding the garden every Sunday.Her elder son,Aaron,gets $1 an hour,whereas her younger son,John,gets $5 an hour for the same task.Contrary to her expectation,Rhea notices that although Aaron is paid less for the task and has probably experienced more dissonance than John,he does a better job than John.In this scenario,Aaron's attitude toward the task exemplifies:

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Aaron's attitude exemplifies the insufficient justification effect, which refers to the phenomenon where people who receive insufficient external justification for a behavior will often internalize the behavior and adopt an attitude that is consistent with the behavior, even if the behavior conflicts with their beliefs or values. In this case, Aaron is paid less for the same task as John, which provides insufficient external justification for his behavior of weeding the garden every Sunday. As a result, he may have internalized the behavior and developed an attitude that is consistent with it, leading him to perform the task better than John despite being paid less.

Rhea Has Two Sons