The bystanders who saw the attack on Kitty Genovese may have felt other people, including the police and other bystanders, should have done something to save her. This response illustrates
a. low self-awareness.
b. informational influence.
c. diffusion of responsibility.
d. urban apathy.
e. self-serving bias.
c. diffusion of responsibility.
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What is one reason for the decline in IQ scores once children leave an intervention program?
A. Children no longer want to learn. B. Teachers near the end of the intervention program experience burnout. C. They return to less-stimulating environments. D. The intervention program is of low quality.
Kohlberg's method for studying the development of moral reasoning was to
a. ask children to respond to stories involving moral dilemmas. b. conduct cross-sectional research. c. conduct a series of longitudinal studies involving moral dilemmas. d. place children in positions in which their honesty and truthfulness could be tested and observed. e. place adults in situations involving children's moral dilemmas.
In Western culture, negative attitudes about menstruation can be traced as far back as the
a. biblical Hebrews b. early Christians c. Puritans d. Victorians
Attitudes that are of _____________ importance to us are more resistant to persuasion.
a) low b) average c) high d) None of these; attitude importance is unrelated to persuasion resistance.