To learn whether responses in cognitive dissonance experiments are the product of self-perception processes, Daryl Bem asked participants to
A) write a detailed description of one condition of a dissonance experiment and to predict how other participants would respond to that description.
B) read a detailed description of each of the conditions of a dissonance experiment and to indicate how they, themselves, would behave in each of the conditions.
C) read a detailed description of one condition of a dissonance experiment and to predict the attitude of the person depicted in the description.
D) write a detailed description of each of the conditions of a dissonance experiment and to then tell other study participants that this exercise was fun (even though it was really boring).

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Daryl Bem's self-perception theory suggests that people infer their attitudes by observing their own behavior. In his study, participants read about a condition and predicted the attitude of the person in the description, which aligns with this theory.

To Learn Whether Responses in Cognitive Dissonance Experiments Are the Product