The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are
a. all friends.
b. all strangers.
c. only in one's mind.
d. on the Internet.
a
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Prior to the 2004 Republican convention in New York, undercover officers infiltrated activist groups that they believed might cause problems during the convention. Officers attended meetings, made friends, signed petitions, and then reported on the groups' activities to supervisors. In order to support such a plan from a utilitarian viewpoint, all of the following must be true, except:
A. the process of undercover intelligence gathering must be a plausible way to achieve the desired outcome. B. there must be no better alternative to achieve the goal of collecting the intelligence. C. the gathering of this intelligence must be more important to society than the privacy of the people in the targeted groups. D. the general community must be consulted and indicate its approval.
According to research by Pennebaker and colleagues, in order for writing about a trauma to be most beneficial, people should write about it
a. in the hours after the event occurred. b. after a little time has passed and people can have a different perspective about it. c. only with the supervision of a psychologist. d. immediately and share those writings with everyone.
Which of the following is true about neurogenesis?
A. Researchers have documented neurogenesis in only two brain regions: the hippocampus and the olfactory bulb. B. Neurogenesis cannot occur in human adults. C. Researchers have found that neurogenesis does not occur in a few mammals such as mice. D. Recent research has revealed that exercise decreases neurogenesis.
The extent to which the first information we receive about someone influences our impression of that person more than later information is called __________.
A. the phi phenomenon B. the halo effect C. attribution theory D. the primacy effect