The tendency for members of a tightly knit group to be more
concerned with preserving group solidarity and uniformity than with objectively evaluating all alternatives in a decision is characteristic of _____
a) the actor-observer effect.
b) social facilitation.
c) groupthink.
d) social loafing.
Answer: c
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Research has found evidence that attitudes can be learned through vicarious self-perception, which occurs when we infer ______.
a. our own attitudes by observing the freely performed actions of others, with whom we identify b. the attitudes of those with whom we identify by observing our own freely performed behavior c. the functions of our own attitudes by examining the circumstances predicting others’ behavior d. the affective content of our own attitudes by examining our memories for our interactions with others
Su Chuen has sudden periods of extreme sleepiness when she will collapse and enter REM. This describes:
a. sleep apnea b. insomnia c. narcolepsy d. hypermnesia
The working-memory system helps us access information from long-term memory.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The supplementary motor cortex becomes active ____.
A. during the second or two after a movement B. during the second or two prior to a movement C. only during a movement D. only after a movement