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1.If a person had a bicycle accident, she would be more likely to be helped if:

a. a dozen people were in the area.
b. four to five people were in the area.
c. one person was in the area.
d. the place was crowded with many people.

2.What general conclusion can be derived from the Stanford prison study?

a. Ordinary people who are put in positions of authority will inevitably abuse their power.
b. Aggressive, nasty people will behave that way whenever given the opportunity to do so.
c. Social situations can exert a strong influence on behavior.
d. Prisoners have either a genetic weakness or a personality weakness that compels them to comply.

3.What aspect of our thinking causes us to exaggerate differences between groups and minimize differences within groups?

a. stereotypes
b. attitudes
c. the familiarity effect
d. groupthink

4.Psychologists have discovered that people have a tendency to believe that they are better, smarter, and kinder than other people. They have called this the:

a. self-serving bias.
b. self-enhancement bias.
c. "better-than-average" effect.
d. -- all of these options are correct.