Researchers find that when people behave in ways that are at odds with their attitudes,they report feeling negative emotion and even show activity in facial muscles connected to negative arousal.These results seem to support which theory about attitudes and behavior?
A) system justification theory
B) terror management theory
C) cognitive dissonance theory
D) self-perception theory

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Cognitive dissonance theory proposes that when people behave in ways that are inconsistent with their attitudes, they experience psychological discomfort or dissonance. This discomfort motivates them to change either their behavior or their attitude to reduce the dissonance. The negative emotion and facial muscle activity observed in the study are consistent with the cognitive dissonance theory's predictions about the consequences of attitude-behavior inconsistency.

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