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Psychology QUESTION #9806
Question 1
The majority of social-psychological research on attitude change has been driven by theories concerning:
  • Consistency in attitudes and behavior
  • Cognitive dissonance✔️
  • Self-perception
  • Attribution
Correct Answer Explanation
Cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, 1957) has generated the most attitude-change research in social psychology, spawning hundreds of experiments around the idea that people change attitudes to resolve psychological discomfort from inconsistency.