Failure to critically evaluate ideas when the primary concern is for reaching agreement is called __________.
A. group polarization
B. social comparison
C. groupthink
D. deindividuation
Answer: C
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Counterbalancing is a technique to
a. lower the weight of subjects. b. distribute carry-over effects evenly across the data. c. increase the power of an experiment. d. reduce the likelihood of reasonable conclusions.
Which of the following is one of the criteria for a personality disorder diagnosis?
a. The patient's behavior must reflect a lack of impulse control. b. The patient must experience mild irritability. c. Signs of psychosis must be present. d. The person's behavior problems must cause them distress or impairment.
Elena visited multiple physicians, claiming that she was suffering from what she believed to be a serious illness. On further examination, one doctor discovered that Elena had been ingesting substances that caused her to exhibit symptoms similar to those characteristic of the illness she claimed to have. Elena’s example BEST illustrates ______.
a. schizophrenia b. conversion disorder c. factitious disorder d. illness anxiety disorder
The research on people's willingness to help strangers in distress was inspired by
a. research on the bystander intervention effect. b. newspaper reports of an assault and murder of a woman. c. the discovery of an altruism gene. d. the finding of altruistic behavior in various animal species.