Strongly cohesive groups may assume that their decisions can't be incorrect and to put pressure on all group members to strongly support the group's decisions. This is known as ________
a) a social dilemma
b) groupthink
c) deindividuation
d) group polarization
b
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a. not able to remember events at all. b. able to remember events for only a few seconds. c. able to remember events for only a few hours. d. able to remember events for days or weeks.
For Horney, anxiety is a stronger motivating force than sexual drive
a. True b. False
When Wendy thinks about her clothes she thinks about how they fit, what the fabric feels like, how they match her sense of style, and how she looks in them. When she thinks of her friends' clothes, she generally thinks about whether they look nice and if she wants to also purchase them. The difference in her thought content for her clothes compared to her friends' clothes is best explained by differences in
A. her relational self and collectivistic self. B. self-consciousness she has for herself and for others. C. her self-schema and schema for other people. D. the cultural background of her and her friends.
In the famous first study conducted by Stanley Milgram, ________ of the participants continued to "shock" the confederate all the way up to 450 volts, which was as high as the shock generating machine could go
A) less than 1% B) only the most psychologically disturbed C) only the most independent D) more than half