In which of the following conditions is informational social influence more likely to occur?
A. When individuals want to fit in
B. When the group has expertise
C. When the answer is publicized
D. When individuals want to be accepted
B. When the group has expertise
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a. conjunction heuristic. b. availability heuristic. c. representativeness heuristic. d. gambler's heuristic.
The idea that a species' brain size is related to the social complexity of their environment is called the
a. social identity hypothesis. b. social brain hypothesis. c. collective effort model. d. sensitivity norm.
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What will be an ideal response?
Suppose an artist digitally alters a set of portraits so that each person's face has perfectly matched left and right sides (i.e., mirror images). Research on how evolution has shaped our perception of physical attractiveness would predict that
A. people would rate the faces as less attractive, partly because the result is strange compared to real people. B. people would rate the subjects of the portraits as more similar to themselves. C. people would rate the faces as more attractive, partly because they appear healthier. D. people would rate the subjects of the portraits as more likely to cheat on their partners.