In Festinger's classic experiment,the college students who originally said the task was boring but changed their attitude about the boring task and said "it was interesting" were the ones that

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Festinger's classic experiment was called the "cognitive dissonance" experiment where he paid participants either $1 or $20 to lie to another participant and convince them that a boring task was interesting. The students who were paid only $1 experienced cognitive dissonance because they had lied for such a small amount of money. To reduce this dissonance, they changed their attitudes towards the task and convinced themselves that the task was actually interesting. This is known as the "foot-in-the-door" technique. The students who received $20 did not experience cognitive dissonance and did not need to change their attitude towards the task. Therefore, the best choice is D because the students who said the task was interesting, instead of boring, were the ones who were paid $1.

In Festinger's Classic Experiment,the College Students Who Originally Said the Task