Samuela never pays attention in class or studies, and tends to fail most of the tests she takes in school. However, she constantly looks for opportunities to cheat during tests; she looks at her neighbors' answers and then writes down what she sees, assuming that her neighbors know the test material better than she does. In these cases, Samuela's test answers are based on ____
a. normative influence
b. informational influence
c. implicit social norms
d. elaboration likelihood
B
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a. emotion b. reasoning c. speech d. mood
Social psychologist Stanley Schachter hypothesized that changes in anxiety would relate to the need for affiliation. In this study, the independent variable was
a. amount of anxiety. c. anxious subjects. b. desire to be with others. d. need for affiliation.
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a. opponent-process b. trichromatic c. accommodation d. gate control
The Oedipus complex occurs during the __________ stage
a. phallic c. oral b. genital d. anal