A student is chairperson of the group responsible for developing a procedure to handle cheating at his school, yet he takes no action when his best friend confides in him that he cheated on his last test. According to Leon Festinger,

the student will experience

a. self-serving bias.
b. compliance.
c. informational influence.
d. cognitive dissonance.

Answer: d. cognitive dissonance.

Psychology

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At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the __ or __ are excessive or unreasonable. (note: does not apply to children)

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

When presenting his research findings at an annual conference, Dr. Niemi tells an anecdote about his favorite participant, Kari Flynn, and uses her name. What ethical guideline has he violated?

a. deception and debriefing b. informed consent c. confidentiality d. generalizability

Psychology