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To determine whether individuals engage in greater cognitive dissonance reduction for errors of commission compared to errors of omission when coping with disappointing outcomes.

February 1, 1995Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Commission, Omission, and Dissonance Reduction: Coping with Regret in the "Monty Hall" Problem

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To determine whether individuals engage in greater cognitive dissonance reduction for errors of commission compared to errors of omission when coping with disappointing outcomes.
Implemented a laboratory analogue of the Monty Hall problem where participants chose one of three boxes, only one of which concealed a grand prize.
Presented participants with the option to stay with their original box or switch after an unchosen box containing a modest prize was revealed.
Assigned a modest prize to all participants regardless of their decision and measured the subjective monetary value they attributed to it.
Participants who switched boxes assigned a higher monetary value to their modest prize than participants who chose to stay with their initial selection.
Active choice errors elicited stronger dissonance reduction mechanisms than passive inaction errors.

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Laboratory experiment demonstrates greater prize valuation following active switching in decision-makers, indicating enhanced dissonance reduction for errors of commission.

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Gilovich et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a6809e916fa6dd3b88cd0 https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167295212008

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Laboratory experiment demonstrates greater prize valuation following active switching in decision-makers, indicating enhanced dissonance reduction for errors of commission.

Commission, Omission, and Dissonance Reduction: Coping with Regret in the "Monty Hall" Problem

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Commission, Omission, and Dissonance Reduction: Coping with Regret in the "Monty Hall" Problem

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