People often conform with a group because their ________ makes them tend to believe that "everyone else" knows the best course of action
a. need for social acceptance
b. need for information
c. critical thinking skill
d. tendency toward obedience
Answer: b
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A. specific genes have been linked to schizophrenia B. schizophrenia has no such marker C. the neurotransmitter dopamine plays little if any role in schizophrenia D. a disruption in a gene can cause neurons that are supposed to go to the hippocampus to go elsewhere
Grade-schoolers become good at ____, which enables them to go beyond the information received during comprehension
a. language-making capacity (LMC) b. semantic integration c. the naming explosion d. listening for creoles
View a violent cartoon and then answer these questions: (a) What potential effects would such cartoons have on children's aggression and tolerance for violence? (b) What potential effects would such cartoons have on children's acquisition of prosocial behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
Forgetting that occurs because new information inhibits the retrieval of previously learned information or because previously learned information inhibits the retrieval of new information is explained by
a. interference theory. c. repression. b. decay theory. d. displacement.