Question

Assume that you were a participant in the experiment conducted by Leon Festinger and J. MerrillCarlsmith (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

A. convince yourself that the boring task was actually more interesting than you had previously thought.
B. maintain your original assessment of the task as dull and boring.
C. convince yourself that the stranger deserved to be lied to.
D. ask to complete the task again, given that you had high internal justification for doing so.

Answer 1

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that in this situation you would most likely maintain your original assessment of the task as dull and boring. This is because the amount of money that you are being offered mainly affects your enthusiasm and dedication in telling that lie, but does not change your actual feelings about the task that you have just completed.