Cialdini and his colleagues (1976) counted the number of college insignia T-shirts worn by university students on the Monday after their teams played football
These researchers found that students were more likely to wear such shirts after victories than after losses. These findings suggest that
a. in-group identification is a source pride and self-esteem.
b. minimal categorization can have effects on competition.
c. in-groups can provide support after setbacks.
d. the establishment of in-group bias can contribute to intergroup conflict.
Answer: A
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a. All research is reviewed by an IRB (institutional review board) that consists of at least one scientist, one nonscientist, and one person unaffiliated with the institution. b. A researcher receives informed consent from a participant unless deception is deemed necessary and the experiment meets ethical guidelines. c. When deception is used in a study, participants must be fully debriefed. d. There must be a cover story for every study, because all studies involve some type of deception.
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salesman. He suffers from A) dissociative fugue. B) depersonalization. C) malingering identity disorder. D) dissociative identity disorder.