Eva tells her professor that she prefers individual assignments to group projects, because she finds she accomplishes more when she works on her own. The process that would best explain why Eva accomplishes less when she works as part of a group is:
a. social interference
b. the bystander effect
c. social loafing
d. nonconformity
C
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Research indicates that ____ engage in counterfactual thinking; and that ____ engage in meta-cognition
a. both humans and other animals; both humans and other animals b. both humans and other animals; only humans c. only humans; both humans and other animals d. only humans; only humans
A socially contagious physical condition with no physical cause is known as what?
A. mass psychogenic illness B. herd mentality C. social norms D. conformity
What is referred to as an all or nothing event?
A. neural plasticity B. neurotransmitter antagonism C. refractory periods D. resting potentials E. action potentials
The "banality of evil" means that ________
a. all people possess inner aggressive drives to commit evil crimes. b. weak governments become stronger by emphasizing the evilness of other nations. c. evil is commonplace and occurs in most societies and nations. d. evil acts are committed by evil people and good people are noble souls.