Exam 42: Coping With Stress

Which of the following processes most obviously operates in groupthink?

You have an assignment for one of your classes that requires you to work with a group of four other college students.Based on what you know about social loafing,what can you do to reduce the chance of some students not helping to complete this assignment?

Circumstances that increase ________ are likely to reduce ________.

Danielle is happy to learn that her best friend from her hometown is on the phone.However,the sadness in her friend's voice causes Danielle's mood to change from happy to sad.This change in mood resulting from the tone of her friend's voice is called

Hearing someone reading a neutral text in a happy-sounding voice is most likely to trigger

Which of the following comments is most likely to be made by the leader of a group characterized by groupthink?

The gradually escalating levels of destructive obedience in the Milgram experiments best illustrate one of the potential dangers of

Jason has the ability to mimic the facial gestures of his friends and mirror their moods and emotional states.For this reason,his friends look to him for emotional support.Jason's behavior illustrates

Accepting others' opinions about reality is to ________ as the desire to gain approval is to ________.

Social loafing has been found to be especially noticeable among

Although Frieda is typically very reserved,as part of a huge rock concert crowd she lost her inhibitions and behaved in a very sexually provocative way.Frieda's unusual behavior is best understood in terms of

In the Milgram experiments,the level of obedience was highest when the "teacher" was ________ the experimenter and ________ the "learner."

Professors Maksoud,Struthers,and Vasic each tend to think that obtaining a university degree is easier today than it was when they were students.After discussing the matter over coffee,they are even more convinced that obtaining a degree is easier today.This episode provides an example of

Researchers find that conformity to the group is more likely when all of the following occur EXCEPT

When Lyndsay's psychology professor started looking at the ceiling during class,the entire class mimicked the behavior.This is an example of

The ill-fated decision of President John F.Kennedy and his advisors to invade Cuba best illustrates the dangers of

Frank avoids talking with food in his mouth because he knows others think it is socially inappropriate.This best illustrates the impact of

Jada and Ty are concerned that their 15-year-old daughter,Tonya,has friends who may encourage her to violate their rules.They tell Tonya that she cannot hang out with these friends,so she begins sneaking out of the house at night to be with them.Tonya's response to her parent's rules illustrates

Dr.Yen is designing an experiment on obedience to authority.She will set up a learning laboratory and have participants deliver loud blasts of sound as punishment for incorrect answers given by a confederate of the researcher.How can Dr.Yen increase the likelihood of the participants' obedience?

Toby publicly agrees with his fraternity brothers that Ahmed,a senior,would make the best student senate president.On the secret ballot,however,he actually votes for Yoram.Toby's public conformity to his fraternity brothers' opinion best illustrates the power of