Behaving in accordance with the rules and commands of those in authority defines _____
a) compliance.
b) social facilitation.
c) obedience.
d) conformity.
Answer: c
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According to the Sherifs’ studies of cohesion conducted with young boys attending summer camps
a. Liking between individual members causes cohesion, rather than cohesion causing liking between members. b. Groups that engage in positive, enjoyable activities tend to become cohesive. c. A group, to become cohesion, must sometimes ostracize the least-liked members. d. Highly stratified groups are more cohesive than groups with reciprocal, overlapping attraction patterns. e. The presence of subgroups, or cliques, within a group tends to increase the group’s overall cohesiveness.
Regarding the theories of color vision, which of the following is TRUE?
a. Trichromatic theory is supported by the behavior of cells lying between the cones and the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex. b. Opponent-process theory is supported at the receptor level. c. Most authorities today suggest that color vision includes elements of both trichromatic and opponent-process theories. d. Trichromatic theory is based on Hering's work with afterimages. e. Helmholtz showed that three primary colors of light could be mixed in different ways to create any color.
What is the fundamental ego defense mechanism because it is involved in all of the other defense mechanisms?
a. Sublimation b. Projection c. Identification d. Repression
Researchers have found that African adolescents display better recall for orally transmitted stories than do American adolescents. This is an example of
a. the impact of economics on schooling practices. b. differences in brain function across cultures. c. biological predispositions for the use of certain strategies. d. cross-cultural differences in the tools of intellectual adaptation for remembering.