Using the arguments made in Issue 5, discuss the influence that consonant and dissonant cognitions have on attitudes andbehavior.

YES “ Cognitive Consequences
of Forced Compliance Leon Festinger
and James M. Carlsmith

and

Daryl J. Bem NO
Self-Perception: An Alternative
Interpretation of Cognitive
Dissonance Phenomena1

Based on these two aguments, analyze the influence that consonant & dissonant cognitions have on attitudes and behavior.