In the news, a friend tells you about a high school girls' lacrosse team that is embroiled in a hazing scandal. Senior varsity captains ordered the junior varsity lacrosse players to carry out disturbing acts upon freshman lacrosse players. Which of the following conclusions is MOST likely based on the classic Milgram research?

A) ?The junior varsity lacrosse players are mentally disturbed individuals.
B) ?The junior varsity lacrosse players were involved in an ambiguous situation.
C) ?The junior varsity lacrosse players resisted authority.
D) ?The junior varsity lacrosse players were placed in a powerful situation that overwhelmed them.


D

Psychology

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the special attention and treatment they had received from their teachers). This research most clearly demonstrates ____. a. the self-serving bias b. the discontinuity effect c. scapegoating d. the self-fulfilling prophecy

Psychology

Which of the following is false?

a. The average score on an example for a class is a descriptive statistic. b. A sample refers to the observations drawn from a population. c. Categorical data is also known as frequency data. d. We usually collect data from an entire population.

Psychology

Central limit theorem measures provide a description of the typical score in a distribution.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology

Discuss mirror neurons, including where they are located, how they were discovered, what their functions are in humans and primates, and how a particular childhood disorder may be caused by damages to these neurons

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology