Question 1 (1 point) The studies on conformity discussed in the vodcast (Asch's 'line length judging studies' and Sherif's 'judging the amount of apparent light movement in a dark room studies') were based on different definitions (or theories) about why people conform or go along with the group they are in. Which statement below best describes how Asch and Sherif's definitions of conformity were different from each other? a) they varied in terms of how much experience naive participants had previously with the sort of social situation they were put into in the studies. b) they varied in terms of what happenes when naive participants are more certain or less certain of what their eyes are seeing (telling them). c) they varied in terms of the amount of social power or authority the other people in the group seems to have compared to the naive particpants. d) they varied in terms of what naive particpants were told about the importance of group agreement by the experimentor. Question 2 (1 point) In the study discussed in the vodcast that looked at the relationship between the degree of stereotypic 'black' appearance in two individuals hypothetically convicted of murder which one was most likely to be sentenced to death by a 'mock' jury? a) The more stereotypically black person when the victims were also black b) The more stereotypically black person when the victims were white c) The less stereotypically black person when the victims were also black d) The less stereotypically black person when the victims were white Question 3 (1 point) When primed with a picture of a longer to identify the object in the next slide when it was a face white research participants took ? a) black; tool b) black; gun c) white; tool d) white; gun Question 4 (1 point) Ever since Joe came back from serving in Afghanistan, he has been plagued by recurring nightmares in which he relives some of his most horrifying experiences in Afghanistan. He often can't sleep, startles very easily, and occasionally has sudden, uncontrollable flashbacks of his time in Afghanistan. His symptoms sound most like a) panic disorder b) generalized anxiety disorder c) posttraumatic stress disorder d) major depressive disorder e) phobic disorder Question 5 (1 point) The term "ambient stress" refers to a) stress that seems to have no identifiable source. b) specific situations in which stress is most likely to occur. c) chronic environmental conditions that place adaptive demands on people. d) stressful situations that result from demands placed on us by others. Question 6 (1 point) Sometimes, anxiety helps us by motivating us to study for a test, but if we become too anxious, we pass our optimal level of arousal and spend too much time worrying instead of studying. This type of relationship is described as a) a downward spiral. b) the inverted-U hypothesis. c) negative. d) positive. Question 7 (1 point) Betty jumped when she heard a loud crashing sound behind her. This is because her sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system a) was conserving her bodily resources. b) was preparing to tend for those in stressful circumstances. c) was mobilizing her bodily resources for emergencies. d) was calming her body after the fight-or-flight response. Question 8 (1 point) In humans, the fight-or-flight response is less adaptive than it was in ancestral humans because a) our stresses are usually of short duration. b) social evolution has surpassed biological evolution. c) most modern human stresses can't be managed with these strategies. d) modern humans don't have adequate equipment to fight or flee from threats.