When individuals exert less effort in a group than they would when working alone, this may be due to which of the following?

Related Mcqs:

1. In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should driving ability, the control group should be given:

   A. a high dosage of alcohol
   B. one-half the dosage given the experimental group
   C. a driving test before and after drinking alcohol.
   D. no alcohol at all

2. Working backward is a good strategy follow when:

   A. you have many options available at the beginning of a problem, but few options at the end
   B. the problem does not have a well-specified goal
   C. you can recognize the similarity between two problems
   D. a problem has obvious subgoals

3. The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways is know as: _____________?

   A. Behaviorism
   B. ethnocentrism
   C. humanism
   D. functionalism

4. The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color or form is know as: _____________?

   A. closure
   B. continuation
   C. similarity
   D. nearness.

5. The chief function of the control group in an experiment is that it:

   A. allows mathematical relationships to be established.
   B. provides a point of reference against which the behavior of the experimental group can be compared
   C. balances the experiment to eliminate all extraneous variables
   D. is not really necessary

6. Remembering the first and last terms of a list better than items in the middle is due to: __________?

   A. the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
   B. reintegration
   C. the serial position effect
   D. the pseudo-memory effect

7. In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop

   A. hypotheses
   B. experiments
   C. surveys
   D. theories

8. The pain-killing effects of acupuncture may be related to:___________?

   A. sensory adaptation
   B. stabilization of physiological nystagmus
   C. the triggering of perceptual defense systems
   D. release of endorphins

9. Agnosia may sometimes be helped by ____________?

   A. cues of touch
   B. visual cues
   C. waiting long enough to think through an answer
   D. speech therapy

10. Which of the following approaches has the most optimistic view of human nature?

    A. humanism
    B. behaviorism
    C. psychoanalysis
    D. structuralism