After a group of gang members learned that their friend had died in a seemingly random accident, several of the friends started blaming a rival gang for the death. Even though there was no evidence whatsoever that the death had been intentional, the more the friends talked the more passionate they became in their belief that an act of revenge was necessary. What concept from social psychology may contribute to an act of violent revenge in this case?
a. social influence
b. prosocial behavior
c. altruism
d. groupthink
e. social loafing
d. groupthink
Psychology
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Accommodation is referred to as the
a. resistance to changing familiar schemes held in place through equilibrium. b. tendency to interpret new experiences in light of existing schemes. c. desire to make meaning out of experience. d. tendency to modify schemes to account for new attributes revealed through experience.
Psychology