It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a ten-inch test line and must choose, from a selection of three other lines, the one that matches it in length. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying __________.
A. bystander apathy
B. social loafing
C. groupthink
D. conformity
Answer: D
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What will be an ideal response?
Researchers find that if we know how typically a person experiences positive affect, we can predict that person's
A. emotional expressiveness. B. number of health problems. C. level of social activity. D. affect intensity.
According to separate research studies conducted by Corbit and Satinoff, which of the following outcomes will result if temperature information from skin receptors conflicts with temperature information in the hypothalamus? a. Information from the skin receptors will have more impact on behavior than information from the hypothalamus. b. Information from the hypothalamus will have more impact
on behavior than information from the skin receptors. c. The behavioral outcomes will reflect an averaging of input from the skin receptors and hypothalamus. d. Conflicting input will be ignored, and behavior from before a period of conflict will be maintained until further information is available.