Amanda's parents tell her that if she texts while driving, they will take away her car for a year. Erin's parents tell her that
if she texts while driving, they will take her car away for one weekend. Both Amanda and Erin decide not to text while driving. What would dissonance theory predict?
The dissonance theory would predict they are both effective due to their personalities and behavior.
Explanation: The dissonance theory would predict they are both effective due to they personalities and behavior. Both of these punishments worked because Erin is probably more rule abiding and doesn't need much convincing to do the wrong thing. So Erin's parents say the weekend just so she knows it isn't the right thing to text while driving. Amanda is probably not aqs rule abiding. She needs more extreme punishments to really make her not do something.
