Recall that Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell someone else that a tedious, boring task was really interesting. Participants paid __________ modified their original attitudes because they had __________ for lying.

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Participants paid $1 modified their original attitudes because they had little external justification for lying. This is based on cognitive dissonance theory, which suggests that when individuals have insufficient external justification for their actions, they experience discomfort (dissonance) and are more likely to change their internal attitudes to align with their behaviors.

Recall That Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) Paid Participants Either $1