34. We can convince ourselves a boring task was fun if we weren't rewarded. - Deepstash
34. We can convince ourselves a boring task was fun if we weren't rewarded.

34. We can convince ourselves a boring task was fun if we weren't rewarded.

Here's another great example of cognitive dissonance: Volunteers in one Psychology of Learning and Motivation study did a boring task, then were paid either $1 or $20 to convince someone that it was actually pretty interesting. The ones who were paid $20 knew why they'd lied (they got a decent reward) and still thought it was boring, but the ones who'd only gotten a buck actually convinced themselves it really was fun, because their brains didn't have a good reason to think they'd been lying.

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