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When you are engaged in an activity your performance is affected when other other people are watching you but not when other people are around but not watching you. This pattern in your behavior is  referred to as 

People are less likely to socially loaf when 

An example of group polarization is

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