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After watching the video on 1954 Festinger & Carlsmith’s Cognitive Dissonance Study and learning about cognitive dissonance, take a moment to reflect on a time when you experienced cognitive dissonance in the workplace. Answer the following questions:

What happened?
What was your initial reaction? Were you defensive?
What were the conflicting beliefs you held? Did you change your beliefs?
Considering what you’ve learned in this training, would you have done anything differently if you were in the same situation today? If so, what?

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