In a study in which people played tug-of-war while blindfolded, it was found that people tended to pull harder if they thought they were competing alone and pulled less hard when they thought others were on their team. This study illustrates
a. groupthink.
b. passive compliance.
c. social loafing.
d. determinal conformity.
C
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Research by Landau and colleagues (2004), in which participants were exposed to subliminal images of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and then asked questions about then-President George W. Bush, leads to the conclusion that
a. the fear of death leads people to choose the central route to persuasion. b. reminders of mortality lead people to prefer one-sided messages to two-sided messages. c. fear arousal can influence even attitudes as important as political opinions. d. the higher the level of fear arousal in a persuasive communication, the stronger the agreement with it.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
To be diagnosed with a mental illness, a person must not be coping in occupational, educational, or social areas of his/her life.
The Stanford Prison Experiment done by _____ showed that _____ factors powerfully affect human behavior.
a) Milgram / conformity b) Asch / obedience c) Zimbardo / situational d) Sherif / personality
Freud believed that women in abusive relationships were there because
A) they were seeking revenge. B) they were uneducated. C) societal constraints kept them there. D) they were masochistic. E) they were fixated.