Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to beliefs and behaviors that a group of people accept as normal
a. central beliefs
b. peripheral beliefs
c. group norms
d. yielding information
C
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a. executive functioning b. central coherence c. fluid intelligence d. pragmatic
When John Locke referred to the mind of a human infant as like a tabula rasae, he meant that an infant's mind was
a. cursed with original sin that made it naturally evil. b. more like that of chimps than human adults. c. a set of connected living nerves. d. empty and to be written on through experience.
Ludwig is addicted to eating paste despite its lack of nutritional value. He hides paste under his bed, in his sock drawer, and in a hollowed-out math book, so he can eat the tasty paste whenever he wants without anyone knowing about it. Ludwig does not perceive a health problem in his paste-eating and has no intention of changing his behaviors. Ludwig is in the __________ stage of readiness for changing health behaviors.
A. precontemplation B. contemplation C. preparation D. action
John is better friends with Michelle, who sits one seat next to him, than Janie, who sits four seats away from him, even though both Michelle and Janie were strangers when their semester began. John's attraction highlights the influence of the
a. theory of social reality. b. principle of closure. c. principle of proximity. d. rule of self-disclosure. e. cognitive dissonance theory.