Informational conformity is motivated by the desire to be ________
a) fun
b) correct
c) approved by the social group
d) in touch with your social environment
ANS: B, Informational conformity is important when we think the group can provide us with information we lack. Normative conformity is important when we want the group to like or accept us.
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_____ intelligence is defined as the ability to use your active mind to solve novel problems
a. Fluid b. Crystallized c. Primary d. Tertiary
Terry is convinced that he is Abraham Lincoln. He believes that the attendants at the mental hospital where he is receiving treatment are Confederate spies who want him to reveal government secrets. The hospital attendants often hear Terry having heated arguments in his room, even though he has no one with him. In this case, it is likely that Terry would be classified as having:
a. antisocial personality disorder b. positive symptoms of schizophrenia c. negative symptoms of schizophrenia d. bipolar disorder
Cognitive psychologist Lera Boroditsky has reported that aboriginal children from Cape York, Australia, can accurately point to any compass direction as early as age five, while most Americans cannot do this even as adults. Boroditsky believes this is due to the exclusive use of absolute directional references within the language spoken by the aboriginals of Cape York as opposed to the relative
directional references used in the English language, which lends support to the a. law of linguistic effect. b. linguistic relativity hypothesis. c. semantic differential. d. transformation rule hypothesis.
Retinal disparity decreases with the distance of the object from the viewer.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)