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Heather is in a meeting where she is becoming more and more uncomfortable with the group consensus. She doesn’t want to “make waves” or “rock the boat” so she  withholds her opinion in favor of the group’s comfort. This is an example of

Based on what you know about the research findings on conformity, one way to reduce a groups social power would be to

People feel better when they see themselves as

All of the following statements about motivational sources of prejudice are true except 

Eric has been hearing a lot about the dangers of smoking cigarettes from public service announcements where he has seen several people who quit smoking. Eric now realizes that smoking is dangerous and so he quits. His behavior is an example of

When individual efforts are pooled and not evaluated, evaluation apprehension is _______ and the probability of social loafing is _______.

Evolutionary psychologists describe sex differences in mating behavior.  They suggest that females mate wisely while males mate widely because

Gender differences do exists, which of the following  is FALSE?

Humans are different in many ways, one of our most important similarities is 

North American businesspeople are punctual and expect others to be on time, this is an example of a(n)