ExamPsychology021

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As a basis for social power, the ability to punish a person for failure to comply is called ____ power.
Coercive
Much of our behavior is regulated by statutory law and the fines and imprisonment it provides for wrong-doing. Thus, much of our behavior is controlled by ____ power.
Coercive
Which of the following statements regarding Milgram's experiments is TRUE?
The "teachers" did not know that the "learners" weren't being shocked.
When the participants in Milgram's experiment were face to face with the learner,
Fewer followed the experimenter's orders to deliver shocks.
A professor that quietly puts up with several students noisely talking in the back of the classroom is exhibiting
Passive compliance.
Which of the following is NOT a typical element of assertiveness training?
Individual sessions of psychotherapy to reduce the anxiety that accompanies self-assertion
Which of the following is usually the first step in assertiveness training?
Convincing yourself that you have the right to refuse others' requests, the right to request things for yourself, and the right to correct wrongs that have been done to you
In order to avoid becoming flustered in a situation when asserting your rights, you should overlearn, a process that involves
Practicing the assertion skills after you have initially mastered them.
According to your textbook, which of the following is one of the six ways in which attitudes are acquired?
Mass media
The degree to which one is willing to have contact with another person is measured by using a(n)
Social distance scale.