Rhondella picked a bunch of lemons from her patio tree and made a pitcher of lemonade. After giving it a quick taste, she realized it was much too sour! She added another teaspoon of sugar to the pitcher, but it tasted just the same. What concept is demonstrated by Rhondella's batch of sour lemonade?

After the mass suicides related to the cults at Jonestown, people tended to blame the victims and accuse them of being psychologically unstable or deranged. Social psychologists are more likely to explain these mass suicides as being due to

a. individual differences, such as antisocial personality. b. mental illness in most of the cult members. c. the social influence of cult leaders. d. the imagined presence of an all-powerful deity.

"Hey, I couldn't help it. I was hypnotized." What best explains this rationale for one's behavior while hypnotized?

a. dissociative theory b. expectancy theory c. basic suggestion effect d. biological theory