There remain, for analysis, 20 5s in each of the three conditions. Let us review these briefly: 1. Control condition. These 5s were treated identically in all respects to the 5s in the experimental conditions, except that they were never asked to, and never did, tell the waiting girl that the experimental tasks were enjoyable and lots of fun. 2. One Dollar condition. These 5s were hired for one dollar to tell a waiting 5 that tasks, which were really rather dull and boring, were interesting, en- joyable, and lots of fun, 3. Twenty Dollar cottdi- tion. These 5s were hired for twenty dollars to do the same thing.
RESULTS
The major results of the experiment are summarized in Table 1 which lists, separately for each of the three experimental conditions, the average rating which the 5s gave at the end of each question on the interview. We will discuss each of the questions on the interview separately, because they were intended to measure different things. One other point be- fore we proceed to examine the data. In all the comparisons, the Control condition should be
Question on Interview
How enjoyable tasks were (rated from -5 to +5)
How much they learned (rated from 0 to 10)
Scientific importance (rated from 0 to 10)
Participate in similar exp. (rated from —5 to +5)
Experimental Condition
Control (,V = 20)
-.45
3.08
S.60
-.62
One Dollar
(N = 20)
+ 1.35
2.80
6.45
+ 1.20
Twenty Dollars
(N = 20)
-.05
3.15
S.18
-.25
regarded as a baseline from which to evaluate the results in the other two conditions. The Control condition gives us, essentially, the reactions of 5s to the tasks and their opinions about the experiment as falsely explained to them, without the experimental introduction of dissonance. The data from the other condi- tions may be viewed, in a sense, as changes from this baseline.