In a classic study,some participants were paid $1 for lying and telling another person that a boring task was fun,while others were paid $20 for doing the same thing.When participants later rated how enjoyable the boring task actually was:
A)the $1 group rated the task as more enjoyable than did the $20 group.
B)the $20 group rated the task as more enjoyable than did the $1 group.
C)both groups gave the task equal ratings of extremely high enjoyability.
D)both groups gave the task equal ratings of extremely low enjoyability.

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The $1 group rated the task as more enjoyable than the $20 group because of cognitive dissonance. Those paid only $1 had insufficient external justification for lying, leading them to reduce dissonance by altering their internal attitudes about the task's enjoyability.

In a Classic Study,some Participants Were Paid $1 for Lying