Consider the following commonsense saying: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." According to cognitive dissonance theory, trying again should ____________ how much you value the outcome of your efforts.
A) increase
B) decrease
C) not affect
D) increase confusion over

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According to cognitive dissonance theory, when we put effort into something, we tend to increase our value for the outcome to reduce the dissonance caused by the efforts put in. Therefore, trying again after initially failing would increase the value we place on the outcome, as we are putting in more effort towards achieving it.

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