Because Joseph was perceived by other students as the class clown, he began disrupting class more and more to get laughs from his peers. The other students' expectations for his behavior created a(n) _________.*
a. self-fulfilling prophecy
b. individualistic expectation
c. power distance
d. behavioristic expectation
a
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I am a performing arts major and dress rehearsing for my lead role in a play. I do well, but my best performance was opening night in front of 300 of my college peers. My performance is improved when performing in front of a large audience (compared to a smaller one) based on what social phenomena?
a. Deindividuation b. Social Facilitation c. Social Support d. Bystander Effect
Dr. Wiseman wants to know about the alcohol consumption patterns among college juniors in the United States. He should __________
a) give the survey to every college junior in the country. b) remember that sample size is the most critical factor in survey research. c) require students' names on each survey to avoid the tendency to lie. d) draw a representative sample among college juniors.