Lincoln thought he smelled smoke for a second. He looked at others in the classroom and at the teacher. No one seemed concerned, so Lincoln continued taking his test along with his other classmates. This is MOST likely an example of _____.
A. stupidity
B. focused attention
C. informational social influence
D. a need for approval
Ans: C. informational social influence
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A) feelings of alienation and loneliness. B) early childhood experiences. C) an external locus of control. D) overuse of defence mechanisms.
Beginning in childhood, one finds that females are superior to males in:
a. abstract reasoning. c. visual-spatial skills. b. mathematics. d. verbal abilities.
According to Piaget, the first stage of moral development is
a. moral realism. b. the preconventional level. c. the morality of cooperation. d. the conventional level. e. sensorimotor development.
If you were manipulating the type of scenario (story) read by participants before performing a memory task, what task would be appropriate for the control group? They should
a. read an equivalent story, but one that lacked the critical feature of the experimental story b. read exactly the same story as the experimental participants read c. take a placebo d. do nothing during this phase of the experiment