The World-Will-End-on-June-7 group got together on June 7 to pray as the world ended. The next day the world did not end. The leader of the group said, "Our prayers saved the world." What process was responsible for the leader's attitude change?
a) operant conditioning
b) cognitive dissonance
c) persuasion
d) positive reinforcement
ANS: B, The dissonance of the world not ending and their original beliefs made the necessity of reducing the dissonance. Saying that their prayers saved the world served that purpose.
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