Elaine saved and scrimped for over a year so she could afford a trip to the Super Bowl if her favorite team won the AFC title. She was excited when her team made it to the Super Bowl, however the actual game was pretty boring and in the end Elaine's favorite team lost. However, when Elaine got back home, she told all of her friends and family about the amazing time she had at the game. Elaine's attitude about the game she saw can best be explained by

This is an aspect of psychology that deals with the application of scientific methods to explain or understand the ways in which a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

Attitudes

This is simply making decisions in form of a judgements about objects, events, and ideas. It is Partially a result of social norms and it Influence social perception/memories.

Cognitive dissonance theory simply covers the fact that inconsistent cognitions cause discomfort and so we are motivated to reduce discomfort; We merge our attitudes and behaviors by changing attitudes or behaviors.

The Types of cognitive dissonance

1.Post-decision justification

2.Effort Justification

Effort Justification

This is simply the ability of people's to attribute a greater value that is a greater than objective value to an outcome they had to put effort into acquiring or achieving.