For 10 points, name this psychological issue in which a person holds conflicting beliefs at the same time.
One study of this concept paid subjects either one dollar or twenty dollars to recommend the boring task of turning pegs. This term was coined in When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, who noted that cultists who believed the world would end on a certain date had (*) increased faith in the world's end after the predicted date had passed. For 10 points, name this psychological issue in which a person holds conflicting beliefs at the same time.
One study of this concept paid subjects either one dollar or twenty dollars to recommend the boring task of turning pegs.
cognitive dissonance