Author Question: Clarice wakes up in a daze and remembers that she has to do laundry. On her way to the laundry room, ... (Read 155 times)

rachel9 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Clarice wakes up in a daze and remembers that she has to do laundry. On her way to the laundry room, she encounters an enormous black spider, which causes her heart to race. Despite this, she continues to the laundry room and stays until all of her clothes are washed and dried to her satisfaction. At what point does Clarice experience an emotion?

a. when she remembers that she has to do laundry
b. when she wakes up in a daze
c. when she encounters the spider
d. when she starts her laundry

Question 2

A substantial body of research supports the idea that we unconsciously copy the behavior of others. Under what circumstances are we most likely to copy the behavior of other people? Reflect on circumstances in which you have imitated others, and then evaluate and attempt to explain the underlying causes for your behavior.

What will be an ideal response?

kiamars2010 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
One possible answer is that we mimic others to avoid or repair social exclusion. Jessica Lakin and her colleagues (2008) made their participants feel socially excluded (temporarily, of course) and then observed that these excluded participants were more likely to mimic another person than were participants who had not been socially excluded. This process extends to group membership as well. Participants excluded by an in-group were subsequently more likely to mimic an in-group member than an out-group member. These results suggest that mimicry developed as an automatic behavior that we could use to respond to threats to our social connectivity, which could have been a matter of life or death to our huntergatherer ancestors. Because this mimicry is automatic and unconscious, we are usually not aware that we are behaving this way. A persons own experience with mimicry might involve a social situation, such as at a party or an organizational event, or when the person is around a romantic interest.