Question

Dr. cirillo divided her first-period class into two groups. one group had to read 20 pages in a boring psychology text, but would get 2 extra points on the next test. the other group also read 20 pages but were given 25 points added to the next test. the class members were then asked to tell the second-period class how interesting the book was. according to the results of the festinger and carlsmith study, what predictions could one make about the remarks of the first-period class

Answer 1

Answer:

Considering the results of the Festinger and Carlsmih study of dissonance, the first group would say the text was fun while the second group would say it was boring.

Explanation:

First of all the results of the Festinger and Carlsmith study found out that a tedious task rewarded with small amounts of reward creates cognitive dissonance in the participants making them justify that the tedious tasks were fun, while the tedious tasks rewarded by meaningful rewards tend to make the participants say it was boring without creating dissonance. It is associated with the reward amount and the time employed on doing tedious tasks.

Answer 2

According to the results of the festfinger and carlsmith study, the following predictions could be made; the first-period class would say that the pages were interesting but the second class would differ from the first-period class because they would say that the pages were boring.