A department store uses a personality test in its selection battery for managerial jobs. This practice unintentionally results in the hiring of women rather than men. The type of case that can be brought against the store is:

Recall that Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) asked participants to estimate the lengths of lines. In response to the incorrect answers of others, some participants actually denied what their eyes saw. These studies provide evidence of

a. normative social influence. b. informational social influence. c. private acceptance. d. contagion.

The fading or weakening of a memory trace due to a passage of time is called

a. redintegration. b. memory decay. c. interference. d. repression.