In the classic cognitive dissonance experiment by Festinger & Carlsmith (1959), participants who were paid _________ reported enjoying participating in the study more than people paid ________ did.

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Participants paid $1 experienced more cognitive dissonance because the reward was insufficient to justify lying about the task being enjoyable, leading them to change their attitude and report enjoying the task more than those paid $20, who had sufficient external justification.

In the Classic Cognitive Dissonance Experiment by Festinger & Carlsmith