In the famous Festinger experiment,participants were paid either $1 or $20 to lie to people in the waiting room about how interesting the task was.The participants who convinced themselves that the task really was fun were the ones who were paid:

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Participants paid only $1 experienced cognitive dissonance because the payment was insufficient to justify lying, leading them to convince themselves the task was interesting to reduce dissonance.

In the Famous Festinger Experiment,participants Were Paid Either $1 or $20