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Question 71

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____________ refers to a social norm of defending one's reputation in face of perceived insults.

A) Reciprocal rage
B) Culture of honour
C) Deindividuation
D) Diffusion of responsibility

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Question 72

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Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for a book about Milgram's research on obedience?

A) "Obedience and Aggression Are Inborn."
B) "Do Not Underestimate the Power of Perceived Authority."
C) "Training in Ethics Can Overcome the Pull of Obedience."
D) "Make a Small Request First and the World Can Be Yours."

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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While conformity is a change in response to horizontal group pressure, __________ is a change in behaviour in response to instructions from a perceived authority.

According to Dunbar's research about the size of human social groups, what is the approximate number of people that each of us knows reasonably well?

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their attitudes and behaviour?

Which of the following is an example of 'downward social comparison'?

Sightings of UFOs and other bizarre reports seem to spread like an illness through a population, leading to what is known as mass __________ .

According to Asch and others, which of the following is a social factor that influences conformity?

Drawing conclusions about a person, group of people, or situation prior to evaluating the evidence is known as

The tendency to view all people outside of our group as highly similar refers to the

Ralph, a white student who grew up in Alberta, is about to enter the university on an athletic scholarship. He assumes that many of his teammates will be black and also assumes that they will dislike him and ostracize him. Ralph's attitude is best described as an example of______.

Annie plays volleyball on her university team. For Annie, someone who belongs to a different team would be considered a member of the

Nora participated in a psychology experiment where she completed several psychological tests, and the researchers told her that her personality reflected that of someone who was likely to end up alone later in life. Compared with the students who did not receive such feedback, Nora is more likely to

You have just listened to your professor lecture for an hour about material that you find thoroughly confusing. When the professor asks if anyone has any questions, you look around to other students in the class but no one else puts up their hand so you assume you are the only one that is confused. This is an example of

Which of the following statements is most likely to contribute to groupthink?

Both Nicole and Sandy need to buy a new cellphone. They get pamphlets on the top-selling phones. Nicole decides to buy the new iPhone simply because it is an Apple product and she has a crush on the salesman at her local store, whereas Sandy decides to purchase an Android phone after making a spreadsheet of the pros and cons of each phone and carefully weighing her options. In this example, Nicole is influenced by the ____________ route to persuasion and Sandy is influenced by the _____________ route to persuasion.

In Solomon Asch's study, which factor increased the rate of conformity for judgments of line lengths?

The process of assigning causes to behaviour is called __________ .

The more people there are at the scene of an emergency, the less responsible each person feels. This is known as __________ responsibility.

At a crowded park Kayla sees an old man clutching his heart and stumbling. If Kayla does nothing because she assumes that someone else will help the old man, then she is experiencing the phenomenon known as