A Japanese psychologist by the name of Sakai observed participants partaking in dissonance-reducing behaviors. Sakai also had a fellow group member of the participant observe the dissonance-reducing behavior. The observer then indicated how enjoyable he or she thought a boring task was. These results suggest that Japanese observers

a. attended to what their fellow group members said, and ignored the task itself.

b. have no internally based attitudes; those are a Western cultural phenomenon.

c. experience dissonance on behalf of fellow members of their group.

d. wanted to show solidarity with the experimenter by saying the task was enjoyable.

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Oswaldo Lewis

8 February, 17:08

A Japanese psychologist by the name of Sakai observed participants partaking in dissonance-reducing behaviors. Sakai also had a fellow group member of the participant observe the dissonance-reducing behavior. The observer then indicated how enjoyable he or she thought a boring task was. These results suggest that Japanese observers

a. attended to what their fellow group members said, and ignored the task itself.

b. have no internally based attitudes; those are a Western cultural phenomenon.

c. experience dissonance on behalf of fellow members of their group.

d. wanted to show solidarity with the experimenter by saying the task was enjoyable.

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Cristina Drake · Answer 1

Experience dissonance on behalf of fellow members of their group

Explanation:

From the above, Sakai chose a group memeber from the participants to observe the dissonance reducing behaviour and then she indicated about how she felt about the tasks, this shows her indications are representative of the group under study as they correspond with the participants view of the task.