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Gabriela’s softball team is planning to steal their main competitor’s mascot. Gabriela will conform for many reasons EXCEPT [blank1]. First-year college students may be more susceptible than seniors to informational social influence because [blank2]. Imagine that you are attending a new high school and would like to make friends. On the first day of school, you observe that all of the students in your homeroom are crumpling paper into balls and throwing them on the floor. You begin to do the same. You conformed to the group’s behavior due to [blank3]. Teenagers are often more susceptible to influence attempts from peers than from their parents. This is because peers become more important to teenagers than their parents are. This example represents the influence of Bibb Latané’s (1981) concept of [blank4] on normative conformity.

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) Describe process gain. (1 pt) (b) What are three ways to actively promote process gain in a group? (3 pts)

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) Describe process gain. (1 pt) (b) What are three ways to actively promote process gain in a group? (3 pts)

The primary advantage of experimental research over correlational research is that experiments:

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) According to the research we discussed on  the overlap between political psychology and research on income inequality, describe how liberals and conservatives typically feel about income inequality. (2 pts) (b) Which group are more likely to have the very strong attitudes called moral mandates?  (1 pt) liberals conservatives both liberals and conservatives neither liberals nor conservatives (c) Over what period of time did research show citizens shifted their attitudes on an issue to align with their politicians’ (i.e., from the same party) views? (1 pt) One Month Six Months Three Years Ten Years

The primary advantage of experimental research over correlational research is that experiments:

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) According to the research we discussed on  the overlap between political psychology and research on income inequality, describe how liberals and conservatives typically feel about income inequality. (2 pts) (b) Which group are more likely to have the very strong attitudes called moral mandates?  (1 pt) liberals conservatives both liberals and conservatives neither liberals nor conservatives (c) Over what period of time did research show citizens shifted their attitudes on an issue to align with their politicians’ (i.e., from the same party) views? (1 pt) One Month Six Months Three Years Ten Years

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) When thinking about how people get ahead and move to higher social classes, people have different ideas about luck. What do conservatives and liberals each think about luck? (2 pts) (b) Given what we know about situations with high income inequality, what is the role of luck in achieving a higher social class in the United States? (1 pt) (c) Given what we know about situations with high income inequality, what factor is the most helpful in being in the highest classes (top 20% or higher) in the United States? (1 pt)

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) When thinking about how people get ahead and move to higher social classes, people have different ideas about luck. What do conservatives and liberals each think about luck? (2 pts) (b) Given what we know about situations with high income inequality, what is the role of luck in achieving a higher social class in the United States? (1 pt) (c) Given what we know about situations with high income inequality, what factor is the most helpful in being in the highest classes (top 20% or higher) in the United States? (1 pt)

Please label your answers with the appropriate letter for each part of the question. (a) In Haidt’s Moral Foundations Theory, he discusses the importance of Purity to both liberals and conservatives. Please give an example of how this foundation would be important to each of these groups. (2 pts) (b) Related to purity, many people feel disgust when they think Purity has been violated. If so, how does this relate to the Theory of Dyadic Morality, specifically the new form of harm added with this theory? (2 pts)