Which of the following is NOT one of Kurt Lewin's three points about how social psychologists should be applying what they know to solve practical problems?
a. Social psychological questions are best tested with the experimental method.
b. Experimental studies can be used to understand basic psychological processes and to develop theories about social influence.
c. Some social problems are so pressing that we should try to solve them before we have time to conduct experiments.
d. Social psychological theories and methods can be used to address pressing social problems.
Question 2
Suppose that where you work, people often fail to recycle. In the copy room, for example, there is both a recycling box and a trash bin, and many people put used paper in the trash instead of the recycling box.
Which of the following is most likely to get people to recycle more?
a. Put up a sign that says, Many of you are putting paper in the trashplease recycle it instead.
b. Put up a sign that says, Please recycle. We're already doing better than other units in the company, but there is room to improve.
c. Set an example by cleaning up the copy room and putting all the paper that was in the trash bin into the recycling box.
d. Put all the paper that was in the trash bin into the recycling box, except for one big, noticeable paper product (e.g., a poster) into the trash bin.
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