When a group exerts such strong pressure to conform that it prevents people from expressing critical ideas, the group is suffering from ______
a. deindividuation
b. risky shift
c. groupthink
d. polarization
C
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Extremely low activity levels of serotonin are associated with a. aggression, suicide, and impulsive behavior
b. schizophrenia. c. anxiety disorders and general feelings of nervousness. d. mania.
Charles gets very sexually excited by women's shoes. While he used to fantasize about women wearing particular shoes, he now focuses almost exclusively on the shoes themselves. Charles has a(n) a. sexual dysfunction
b. paraphilic disorder. c. fetish. d. frotteuristic obsession.
Which of the following is the best example of the signal-to-noise ratio?
A) Lisa has to listen very carefully to hear her friend talking in the car. B) Bobby is shouting at the neighbor's dog that is digging up his yard. C) While listening to the television, Kate is also reading her textbook. D) Robyn has to shout over the boisterous crowd at the football game to be heard.
Whenever a researcher randomly selects equivalent groups, and then exposes
them to different stimulus conditions, and then measures them to see if significant difference can be observed, the total procedure is an example of a. experimental research b. post-facto research c. cross-sectional research d. none of these