A girl in a village spontaneously cried. The next day, all children in the village spontaneously cried. Within a week, all villagers for miles around would cry compulsively every day. What happened?
A. social contagion
B. social norms
C. social influence
D. social networks
Answer: A
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a. Asian Americans b. African Americans c. Native Americans d. Latin Americans
According to self-discrepancy theory, experiencing negative emotions such as anxiety or depression, is often caused by the
a. content of the actual, ought, and ideal selves. b. stability of the actual, ought, and ideal selves. c. degree of incongruity among the actual, ought, and ideal selves. d. degree of incongruity between individuals' actual and ideal selves and the perception of important others'views of their actual and ideal selves.
What physical symptom did Gailliot and colleagues (2007) show to occur during acts of self-regulation?
a. heart palpitations b. high blood pressure c. reduced blood glucose level d. headaches
Sidney has been a teacher for 23 years. He has been feeling trapped in "this life" for the last five years and finds his teaching efforts unappreciated and poorly compensated. So, in the middle of the semester, he quits his job, divorces his wife, and moves to a large city to start over in a sales job. Erikson would say that Sidney was experiencing
a. stagnation. b. isolation. c. despair. d. role confusion.