According to the text, Solomon Asch's experiment demonstrated that:
a. group pressure encourages independent decision-making by participants
b. studies of male college students can be generalized to other populations.
c. people will bow to social pressure in small-group settings.
d. people will not say (or do) things simply to gain the approval of other people.
c
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A. minority groups. B. racial groups. C. ethnic groups. D. polarization.
A teacher believes that Latinos are poor at math. Interaction between a Latino student and the teacher has the effect of encouraging the Latino student to fail. This phenomenon is called _____
a. sorting b. a latent function c. the expectancy effect d. tracking
Which type of theorist is most concerned with the influence of group size on the interaction among members?
a. conflict theorists b. symbolic interactionists c. functionalists d. postmodern theorists
"The recognized violation of cultural norms" refers to the concept of ________
a. deviance. b. crime. c. legal infraction. d. juvenile delinquency.