Author Question: Whenever Mike enters his family's den where the sports trophies that he has won are on the mantle, ... (Read 52 times)

fasfsadfdsfa · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Whenever Mike enters his family's den where the sports trophies that he has won are on the mantle, his self-esteem is temporarily boosted. This is best described as caused by the fact that ________.

a) self-esteem is responsive to life events
b) self-esteem is the result of family members' opinions
c) athletic skill is highly prized by males
d) people generally feel better about themselves in their own homes

Question 2

One of the factors associated with compliance is social validation. This is because we ________.

a) want to be correct, and one way to do so is to emulate the behaviors of others whom we see as similar to ourselves in some way
b) are more willing to comply with requests from friends or from those we like than with requests from strangers or people we dislike
c) are more willing to comply with requests that call attention to scarcity than to those that do not
d) are more likely to comply with requests that come from those who hold a position of authority over us