Small groups of three to nine friends who hang out together on a voluntary basis are called
A) cliques. B) crowds. C) circles. D) clans.
A
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a. sexual referents b. sexual behavior c. sexual embeds d. nudity/dress
When you meet your best friend’s girlfriend for the first time, you try to decide whether or not she is good enough for her. Social psychologists would call this “sizing up” ___________.
a. person perception b. cognition c. expectancies d. beliefs
Zimbardo’s prison study illustrates that ____
a. ?individuals conform to information provided by a group even when the group is wrong b. ?playing a role can cause a person to lose sight of internal values c. ?even in an emergency, many will not help others in need d. ?superordinate goals can lead to reduced conflict between groups
A researcher theorizes that people are likely to perspire more when telling embarrassing stories than when telling funny stories. Volunteers are asked to record a memory of an embarrassing or a funny incident and their perspiration is measured
On some days, but not others, the lab where the recordings are done is very hot. Based on this information, the researcher should be concerned most about a. placebo effects. b. expectancy effects. c. the presence of a confounding variable. d. coming up with an operational definition of embarrassment.