Researchers in a psychology experiment asked people who were standing in line waiting to bet on a horse race about which horse they planned to bet on and why. Another researcher asked those people the same questions after they had placed the bet. Given your knowledge of social psychology, you could predict that after placing the bet people would be ____________ about their chosen horse because of ____________.

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After placing the bet, people may experience postdecisional dissonance, which is a feeling of discomfort or inner conflict that occurs when a person's belief or attitude conflicts with subsequent behavior. To reduce this discomfort, people may convince themselves that they made the right choice, thereby increasing their positive attitude towards their chosen horse.

Researchers in a Psychology Experiment Asked People Who Were Standing