Following the basketball team win, university students poured into the streets and celebrated by vandalizing cars and burning a couch. This is an ______.

A. herd mentality
B. social contagion
C. conformity
D. compliance


Answer: A

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b. hypnotic regression of the host and each alter. c. confrontation of the abuser. d. the typical substance abuse treatment model.

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The z-score transformation is a useful statistical tool because it enables statisticians to

a. compare and interpret scores from virtually any distribution of interval or ratio scores. b. determine which interval or ratio scores are the "best" scores. c. transform interval or ratio data by multiplying by a constant. d. revise the shape of distributions to be more useful.

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As the case of Phineas Gage illustrated, the prefrontal cortex contributes to _____ functioning in addition to cognitive functioning

a) personality b) motor c) visual d) auditory

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The autobiographical selves of older adults are more likely than those of younger adults to emphasize __________

A) conflicting themes B) coherence and consistency C) idealism and wishes D) negative self-evaluations

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