1. Cognitive dissonance is a distressing mental state. When did you last experi-
ence this aversive drive? Why might you have trouble answering that question?
2. The results of Festinger’s famous $1/$20 experiment can be explained in a
number of different ways. Which explanation do you ind most satisfying?
3. Suppose you want your friends to change their sexist attitudes. What advice
does the minimal justiication hypothesis offer?
