In one of the first studies in social psychology, Norman Triplett observed in official bike records that bicycle racers pedaled faster when they were pedaling against each other than when they were racing the clock
What Triplett was observing was __________
a) audience effects.
b) social loafing.
c) co-action effects.
d) group polarization.
c
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a. a parent. b. a spouse. c. a child. d. a close friend.
Which of the following is true regarding current research on cultural differences in physiological arousal?
a. European Americans show greater physiological arousal than Hmong Americans b. Hmong Americans show greater physiological arousal than European Americans c. Neither European Americans and Hmong Americans show similar levels of physiological arousal d. European Americans and Hmong Americans show similar levels of physiological arousal