Sherif’s experiment in which subjects in a darkened room were asked to judge how far a dot of light moved (although the light appeared to move, it actually did not) was called the _______ of conformity



a. Light experiment
b. Autokinetic effect
c. Consistent example
d. Group pressure hypothesis


B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following statements is FALSE about open adoptions?

a. The birth mother participates in choosing a family for her baby. b. The birth mother may stay in contact with the child. c. Visits between the birth mother and the child may be arranged. d. More problems are associated with open adoptions.

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Bateson's double-bind theory of schizophrenia reconceptualized psychotic behavior as a family's attempt to meaningfully respond in a family system characterized by double-bind communications. Which of the following is required for double-bind communication?

A) Two people in an intense relationship B) The presence of both a primary injunction and a simultaneous, contradictory, secondary injunction C) The receiver of the injunction cannot escape the contradictions without threatening the relationship D) All of these are correct

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Group work became formally associated with social work at the conference on social work in:

A) 1896 B) 1935 C) 1948

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