Assume that you were a participant in the experiment conducted by Leon Festinger and J.Merrill Carlsmith (1959)in which participants were paid either a large or small sum of money to tell an innocent stranger that the boring,tedious task you had just completed was really enjoyable and very interesting.Further assume that you were paid a large amount of money to tell the stranger that lie.In this situation,you would be most likely to

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The experiment conducted by Festinger and Carlsmith aims to study the cognitive dissonance theory, where people experience discomfort or dissonance when their behavior does not align with their beliefs or attitudes. In this situation, participants who were paid a large amount of money to lie about the boring task were experiencing a high external justification for their behavior. Therefore, they are less likely to change their initial belief that the task is dull and boring, as there is no internal justification for their behavior. Thus, maintaining their original assessment of the task as dull and boring is the most likely choice.

Assume That You Were a Participant in the Experiment Conducted