At a crowded park, Kayla sees an old man clutching his heart and stumbling. If Kayla assumes that someone else will help the old man, she is experiencing the phenomenon known as
A) pluralistic ignorance.
B) social loafing.
C) diffusion of responsibility.
D) evaluation apprehension.
Answer: C
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a. social convention. b. empathy. c. conventional morality. d. equilibration.
Which of the following is true about the effect of individual dominance in a group
a. Group performance will almost always decrease due to individual dominance b. Group performance will increase if the dominating person is competent c. A dominating person really has relatively little effect on the group's performance d. Group performance will increase only if the leader is high in compassion
Maslow argued that humans differ from other animals in that humans have a self-initiated striving for
a. survival. c. self-control. b. self-actualization. d. self-regulation.
Rogerian therapists rarely __________ because doing so places the therapist in a position of authority, which can impede the development of client autonomy and self-actualization
a. diagnose b. give advice c. offer interpretations d. all of the above