When the members of a group seek consensus and ignore or suppress dissenting opinions, the process that is at work is called:
a. group polarization
b. informational social influence
c. groupthink
d. social interference
C
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Which of the following schools of thought believes that our dreams could be interpreted to reveal unconscious fears?
A. structuralism B. functionalism C. behaviorism D. psychoanalytic
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a. show belief persistence in her problem solving: b. use the availability heuristic in her problem solving c. show functional fixedness in her problem solving d. rely on representativeness in her problem solving
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a. sympathetic b. parasympathetic c. autonomic d. somatic