Carlos and his work associates form a close, friendly group, and they usually work well together. However, they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called
a. fundamental attribution error.
b. generational identity.
c. groupthink.
d. self-serving bias.
e. the proximity effect.
c. groupthink.
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a) easy b) intense c) difficult d) slow-to-warm-up
Megan and Marcus have been married for several years. One day, Marcus comes home from work upset and tells Megan that he has been fired. Megan becomes upset as well. This is an example of which of the following?
A. commitment B. interdependence theory C. polyamory D. self-confidence
Dr. MacGyvers is a developmental psychologist, Dr. Cooper is a cross-cultural psychologist, and Dr. Breaux is a cognitive psychologist. For each of these psychologists, briefly define the subfield in which he or she specializes and suggest one issue or question in which he or she might be especially interested.
What will be an ideal response?
Pinker (1984) proposed that young language learners use their knowledge of meaning to help them produce grammatical sentences and learn grammatical rules in a process known as ___
a. semantic bootstrapping b. overregularization c. construction grammar d. holophrasing