A group of chemists, who have been working together on a
new diet pill for the last four years, met to discuss their new drug. Over the years, they have all come to respect each other and have formed a close bond. Upon discussing the effectiveness and safety of the diet pill, many members of the group found themselves agreeing with most of the comments that were made. Somewhere along the way, no one seemed to pay much attention to the fact that some of the subjects in the clinical trials of that drug became ill. It seemed that because nobody wanted to disrespect anyone else, the topic of ill subjects was dropped. What psychological phenomenon occurred here?
A) Social facilitation B) Group polarization
C) Groupthink D) Social loafing
C
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a. 1.68 b. -.63 c. .42 d. .56
Regarding the development of schizophrenia, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The older a man is when he fathers a child, the more likely it is that his child will develop schizophrenia because of genetic mutations in aging male reproductive cells. b. The risk of developing schizophrenia is about as high for the fraternal twin of a schizophrenic as for a child with one schizophrenic parent. c. When children of schizophrenic parents are raised away from their chaotic home environment, they are significantly less likely to become psychotic. d. Schizophrenia is more common among close relatives and tends to run in families.