An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called _____
a) social loafing
b) social idleness
c) social facilitation
d) the goof-off phenomenon
ANS: A
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b. They calmly make decisions that most people consider disturbing. c. They hesitate far longer than normal before making any decision. d. They become highly conformist, making the same decisions that most others do.
If a person revealed the presence of physical complaints for which no physical basis could be established, this person would most likely have a high score on which clinical subscale of the MMPI-2?
a. mania b. schizophrenia c. psychasthenia d. hysteria
Barbiturates do which of the following?
A. inhibit glutamate activity B. inhibit GABAA activity, just like alcohol C. open the chloride channels in the GABA complex D. increase opiate release
The surviving bodyguard in Princess Diana's car was unable to recall events immediately prior to the car crash. What did he appear to suffer from?
a. amnesia c. dissociative amnesia b. retrograde amnesia d. anterograde amnesia