Author Question: As discussed in the text, one of the gymnasts who competed in the 1976 Olympics broke his leg midway ... (Read 36 times)

sarasara · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

As discussed in the text, one of the gymnasts who competed in the 1976 Olympics broke his leg midway through the competition but actually hid his injury from his teammates (because he did not want them to be distracted or concerned during the competition) and continued to compete (and help his team win the medal). This story is used to illustrate the notion of ____.

a. intrinsic rewards
b. an interdependent self-construal
c. social comparison
d. the looking-glass self

Question 2

The so-called foot-in-the-door technique is MOST related, conceptually speaking, to ____.

a. the idea of cognitive dissonance
b. attribution theory
c. the notion of normative social influence
d. social identity theory