AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A business leader who welcomes a variety of opinions from her employees and invites expert critique of protocols would most limit what from developing in the company?
A
Cognitive Dissonance
B
Social Inhibition
C
Social Loafing
D
Groupthink
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following comments is most likely to be made in a group characterized by groupthink? “We all seem to be in basic agreement, so there’s no sense in continuing our discussion of this issue.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Conformity: Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard (Chartrand & Bargh, 1999).

Detailed explanation-3: -Which theory best explains why our actions can lead us to modify our attitudes? Cognitive dissonance theory is most helpful for understanding the impact of: role-playing on attitude change.

Detailed explanation-4: -Group polarization is most likely to occur in groups in which the members initially hold tendencies that can be defined as leaning toward one or the other end of a continuum.

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