In the sidewalk experiment, various numbers of people stood on a busy New York City street and, on cue, began looking at a sixth-floor window across the street. Soon many of the people walking on the street stopped and looked up at the window. This experiment illustrates
a. groupthink.
b. social influence.
c. the fundamental attribution error.
d. cognitive dissonance.
B
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A. need for assimilation B. need for cognition C. social anxiety D. self-confidence
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A. sleep apnea B. night terrors C. nightmares D. narcolepsy
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A. The anal stage B. The phallic stage C. The oral stage D. The genital stage