Author Question: Leslie keeps getting harassing, put-down messages on her phone and Facebook page from a group of ... (Read 113 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Leslie keeps getting harassing, put-down messages on her phone and Facebook page from a group of kids at her school. Leslie is being

a. ostracized.
b. socially normed.
c. cyberbullied.
d. e-dissed.

Question 2

Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) embarked on a series of studies in which participants were asked to estimate the lengths of lines that clearly differed in length. Asch originally undertook these experiments to

a. systematically replicate the earlier autokinetic effect studies of Muzafer Sherif, using different ambiguous stimuli.
b. demonstrate that in ambiguous situations, people would rather be liked than right.
c. show that in unambiguous situations, people will behave in reasonable, rational ways.
d. challenge the prevailing view that humans are inherently motivated to be accurate in their perceptions.