Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo's classic studies demonstrated that people in authority positions exert enormous pressure on people to conform

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ANS: True

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Minami, who comes from China, a collectivist culture, and Jason, who comes from an individualist culture, are working together on a class project. As they work together, they need to consider some generalizations regarding their cultural orientations toward conflict, such as:

A) Minami may tend to disagree with statements that might violate her individual norms. B) Jason may tend to disagree with statements that violate group values. C) Jason is more likely to engage in a conflict when a person violates expected norms. D) Minami is more likely to engage in a conflict with a member of her own country than with Jason.

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Verbal immediacy is associated with

a. smiling. b. increased eye contact. c. vocal variety. d. a speaker's sense of humor. e. audience laughter.

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__________ attempt to summarize characteristics of a

population or a larger quantity of data. a. Medians b. Descriptive statistics c. Extended examples d. Figurative analogies

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At the lowest level of media literacy, creating a Facebook page entails:

a. increasing the number of friends and likes. b. creating a personal image. c. uploading snapshots. d. reinforcing a few key friendships.

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