Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) predicted that after performing a boring task and then being paid $1 for telling a lie about it to a waiting participant ("this study is really interesting") , the actual participants in the study would:
A) demonstrate high dissonance by reporting they did not enjoy the study
B) demonstrate high dissonance by reporting they did enjoy the study
C) demonstrate low dissonance by reporting they did not enjoy the study
D) demonstrate low dissonance by reporting they did enjoy the study
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B) a
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