In Festinger's classic experiment, the college students who experienced NO cognitive dissonance and who did not change their attitude about the experiment and still thought "it was boring" were the students who

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In Festinger's classic experiment on cognitive dissonance, the students who were paid $20 to lie about the experiment being interesting did not experience cognitive dissonance and did not change their attitude about the experiment being boring. This is because the high amount of money ($20) was a sufficient external justification for lying, so their internal beliefs did not need to change to align with their actions.

In Festinger's Classic Experiment, the College Students Who Experienced NO