According to the chapter, the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was a result of ________
a. a weak leader.
b. groupthink.
c. the self-serving bias.
d. group polarization.
Answer: b
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Sara and Jack are a married couple; both of them are employed outside the home. If they are typical of other married couples with respect to household chores,
a. Sara will perform about two-thirds of the household tasks. b. Jack will perform about 50% of the household tasks. c. They will both perceive that the housework should be equally divided, even if it isn't in reality. d. Jack and Sara will each perform roughly half of the stereotypically feminine tasks, but not the stereotypically masculine tasks.
Roy tells his friends Helen and Joe about the dream he had. He dreamed that trains were zooming into tunnels and rockets were firing! Helen tells Roy that his dream is only a meaningless, random by-product of REM sleep, while Joe tells Roy that his dream is a way of satisfying his unconscious urges. Helen is taking the __________ perspective, while Joe is taking the __________ perspective on dreaming.
A. activation-synthesis theory; wish fulfillment B. wish fulfillment; activation-synthesis theory C. lucid dreaming; mesmerism D. mesmerism; lucid dreaming
The rather large group of friends that adolescents often construct, and that usually include 15 to 30 members, are called:
a. social referencing groups b. cliques c. diffusion groups d. crowds
The correlation of IQ measured at 6 months old with adult IQ is about
a. .00. b. .20. c. .45. d. .70.