A Japanese psychologist by the name of Sakai observed participants partaking in dissonance-reducing behaviors. Sakai also had a fellow group member of the participants observe the dissonance-reducing behavior
The observer then indicated how enjoyable he or she thought a boring task was. These results suggest that Japanese observers
a. attended to what their fellow group members said, and ignored the task itself.
b. have no internally based attitudes; those are a Western cultural phenomenon.
c. experienced dissonance on behalf of fellow members of their group.
d. wanted to show solidarity with the experimenter by saying the task was enjoyable.
Answer: C
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