Filip works extremely hard to get a job at LawCorp, a prestigious law firm. He feels that because it is tough to get hired by LawCorp, the firm must be worth it. In the context of cognitive dissonance theory, the scenario best exemplifies:

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Russell Frank

29 November, 08:17

Filip works extremely hard to get a job at LawCorp, a prestigious law firm. He feels that because it is tough to get hired by LawCorp, the firm must be worth it. In the context of cognitive dissonance theory, the scenario best exemplifies:

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Alonso Garcia · Answer 1

Efforts justification

Explanation:

Cognitive dissonance theory was proposed by Leon Fe-stinger. This theory believed that the situation will create a conflict between the attitude, belief, and cognition. When conflict occurs among these three-component, the person feels discomfort mentally. To reduce the discomfort of mental health, the alteration will be necessary for these three components so that the person feels comfortable.

For instance when a person smoke (behavior), and he knows that smoking is injurious to health (cognition) then the person is in cognitive dissonance.

People acquire those goals that need considerable effort for the task. If a person puts efforts in a take for a good result but it results in negative then a person is in cognitive dissonance. So that reduces the efforts cognitive dissonance is called efforts justification.