To learn whether responses in cognitive dissonance experiments are the product of self-perception processes,Bem (1972)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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Bem's self-perception theory suggests that individuals infer their attitudes and beliefs by observing their own behavior and the context in which it occurs, rather than experiencing internal cognitive dissonance. In his 1972 study, Bem asked participants to read a detailed description of one condition of a dissonance experiment and then predict the attitude of the person depicted in the description, to test if people deduce their own attitudes as an observer would.

To Learn Whether Responses in Cognitive Dissonance Experiments Are the Product