When groups make riskier or more conservative decisions than individuals, this is known as
a. groupthink
b. the foot-in-the-door effect
c. the group polarization effect
d. the door-in-the-face effect
C
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During the 1970s,
a. books on the psychology of women were actually less available than they had been in the 1960s. b. researchers began to investigate many new questions about the psychology of women. c. researchers realized that the issue of gender was really much more straightforward than they had previously realized. d. most psychologists realized that women had difficulties because their situations were at fault.
The research method that focuses on a single individual is:
a. naturalistic observation b. case study research c. the survey method d. correlational research
Why is it important to avoid making negative self-statements?
a. They will lead to making challenge appraisals. b. Others will think you are immature. c. They elicit negative emotions. d. They tend to cause an internal locus of control.
Your roommate is a smoker. You and he are having an argument because he not only thinks that smoking is OK, but also thinks it is fine when a pregnant woman smokes—his mother did
You argue that, among other things, women who smoke when pregnant have newborns who are ____. a. more likely to be low birth weight, which is not a good start for the baby b. more sickly, but also more intelligent c. very energetic and can be hyperactive d. very likely to have an eating disorder