Extrapolating from Milgram's work, when is a soldier going to be most willing to kill enemy combatants or civilians?
A) when he is alone in the same room with the enemy
B) when he is trying to make his own decision about whether to kill
C) when he has been ordered to by his superior
D) when other members of their squad are telling him to do so
Answer: C) when he has been ordered to by his superior
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a. clinicians are unable to generalize accurately. b. clinicians must rely on specific samples of a person's behavior. c. only psychophysiological tests allow for such generalizations. d. only objective tests allow for such generalizations.
If you ask a child the question, "Why does the sun rise?" and she responds, "So I can see to go outside and play," this child
a. is most likely in the sensorimotor stage. b. is demonstrating precausal thinking. c. is demonstrating conservation. d. has broken free of egocentric thinking.
Jessie and her mother argue about Jessie's choice of friends and dates. Her mother thinks Jessie is stubborn and resistant. Jessie thinks her mother is bossy and controlling. The assumptions are examples of__________
A) dispositional attributions B) situational attributions C) conformity D) deindividuation E) Select
Jimmy usually beats Ivan in practice tennis matches, but when he plays Ivan again before a packed house during a tournament, Jimmy plays badly and loses. Jimmy's poor performance is likely due to:
a. deindividuation c. social facilitation b. diffusion of responsibility d. social inhibition