Extensions & Alternative Hypotheses

Aronson: Principle of effort – the more effort invested in a behavior, the more dissonance.
Wickland & Brehm: Personal responsibility for undesirable consequences is the ultimate cause of dissonance.
Bem: Self-perception hypothesis – we learn our attitudes by observing our own behavior.

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