What is one explanation for the mixed results of the brainstorming study with the advertising personnel employed by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company?
A. groupthink
B. pluralistic ignorance
C. diffusion of responsibility
D. wisdom of crowds
Answer: C
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a. ?Huntington’s disease b. ?Parkinson’s disease c. ?Alzheimer’s disease d. ?amyolateral sclerosis
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A. experimental B. control C. placebo D. confederate
The capacity of an antischizophrenic drug to produce tardive dyskinesia may result from
a. subsensitivity of dopamine receptors. b. reduced release of dopamine. c. enhanced release of dopamine. d. supersensitivity of dopamine receptors. e. degeneration of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra.
What percentage of American adults over the age of 20 are considered obese?
A. 10% B. 25% C. 33% D. 45%