The "new look" model of cognitive dissonance postulates 4 steps that must occur for people to experience and attempt to reduce cognitive dissonance.Which of the following was NOT mentioned as one of those steps?
A) People have to feel very little guilt.
B) People have to perceive personal responsibility for a negative outcome.
C) People have to perceive that there are negative consequences to their behavior.
D) People have to attribute their discomfort to the behavior in question.

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Feeling little guilt is not a necessary step in the "new look" model of cognitive dissonance. The other three steps listed (perceiving personal responsibility, perceiving negative consequences, and attributing discomfort to behavior) are all part of the model.

The "New Look" Model of Cognitive Dissonance Postulates 4 Steps