Your friend wears bell-bottoms constantly, a behavior that offends your sense of style. If you wanted to apply cognitive dissonance theory to get your friend to change her attitude toward bell-bottoms,

you should encourage her to give a public speech ________ under conditions of ________ external justification.
a. against bell-bottoms; low
b. in favor of bell-bottoms; low
c. against bell-bottoms; high
d. in favor of bell-bottoms; high

Answer: A

Psychology

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