According to Leon Festinger, individuals reduce cognitive dissonance in all of the following ways EXCEPT by:
A) developing new ways of explaining the inconsistency.
B) changing future behavior.
C) persisting with the current attitude and behavior.
D) changing the underlying attitude.
E) developing new ways of rationalizing the inconsistency.

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Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance suggests that individuals reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, or actions rather than persisting with current attitudes and behaviors that contribute to the dissonance. Persisting with the current attitude and behavior does not reduce dissonance but rather maintains or increases it.

According to Leon Festinger, Individuals Reduce Cognitive Dissonance in All