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| What was the outcome of Festinger and Carlsmith's experiment regarding participants' attitude towards the experiment? |
Participants disliked the experiment due to external pressure. Participants believed the experiment was interesting. Participants' behavior had no impact on their attitude. Participants' attitude remained neutral throughout the experiment. |
| Participants believed the experiment was interesting. |
| Festinger and Carlsmith conducted an experiment where students were paid only one dollar to convince others that a particular experiment was interesting. Interestingly, the students ended up developing a positive attitude towards the experiment based on their behavior, reasoning that they wouldn't have lied for such a small amount of money if the experiment wasn't genuinely interesting. |
