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Hamill, Wilson, and Nisbett (1980) conducted a study in which people viewed a videotaped interview with a prison guard and were asked to draw an inference about what type of people become prison guards. The researchers found that
 
  a. subjects believed that all prison guards are inhumane
   b. subjects' beliefs were unaffected by the videotapes
   c. subjects ignored information about whether the guard was typical or not
  d. subjects felt they could not draw accurate inferences about prison guards on the basis of one example

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What, according to the textbook, is the future of social psychology?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

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Answer: The major point made in the textbook is that social psychology is becoming increasingly integrated with new integrative fields of science, such as cognitive science. One important component of this is the larger role that biological processes are playing in social psychological explanations. In addition, heightened interest in positive psychology holds out hope of helping people to become happier in their daily functioning.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


mochi09

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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