When members of a group give priority to the cohesiveness of the group over the facts of a situation, they are engaging in what social psychologists call __________.
A. groupthink
B. mass thought
C. consumerism
D. solidarity think
Answer: A
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A group of researchers are studying depression in a sample of patients. Each researcher independently assesses the level of depression in each patient, but their assessments do not match. The problem with the research is that:
A) depression cannot be studied scientifically. B) the researchers do not have an objective measure of depression. C) there are too many researchers. D) the patients are not really depressed.
You spend days wandering aimlessly around a park with many different paths that end at different parts of the park One day when you arrive at the park, you get a call on your cell phone from your cousin whom you haven't seen for years, and she says she is waiting for you in a particular section of the park. Even though the paths are complicated and twisted, you manage to find the shortest route to your cousin. Tolman would explain your efficient passage through the park as an example of _____.
A) insight B) the formation of a cognitive map C) unconscious trial-and-error imagery D) higher-order conditioning
Recent reviews of the research literature on gender differences in intelligence have found that ______
a. males have better visual-spatial skills while females have better verbal skills b. males have better mathematical skills while females have better verbal skills c. females have better verbal and social skills while males have better mathematical and visual-spatial skills d. there are no significant gender differences in verbal or mathematical skills
Kohlberg's claims of a universal theory of moral development have been challenged, most notably by Richard Shweder, who believes that it is impossible to understand moral development unless you understand the individual's ____
a. intellectual abilities b. cultural worldview c. social context d. personality factors