This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Not all members of the radio audience of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast panicked ... (Read 425 times)

schs14

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 569
Not all members of the radio audience of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast panicked immediately. Indeed, some didn't panic until they looked out of the window and saw empty streets; others didn't panic until they saw streets full of traffic.
 
  It was after checking out the situation that these citizens decided that the Martians had indeed invaded Earth. This example illustrates that contagion
  a. can result when cultural norms reinforce people's most likely responses.
  b. is especially likely when people are motivated to make independent decisions.
  c. can result when people look to others for the interpretation of ambiguous situations.
  d. occurs primarily because humans are by nature irrational creatures.

Question 2

People are especially likely to conform due to informational social influence
 
  a. when the task is intellectual or academic.
  b. more in private than in public.
  c. when the situation is a crisis.
  d. the more flexible and yielding the other people are.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

maya.nigrin17@yahoo.com

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 324
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




schs14

  • Member
  • Posts: 569
Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


sultana.d

  • Member
  • Posts: 320
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

Did you know?

The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.

Did you know?

As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.

Did you know?

Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.

Did you know?

Not getting enough sleep can greatly weaken the immune system. Lack of sleep makes you more likely to catch a cold, or more difficult to fight off an infection.

Did you know?

Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library