A Change in One's Beliefs or Behaviors as a Result

question 20

Multiple Choice

A change in one's beliefs or behaviors as a result of real or imagined pressure from a group or individual is called:

• A) compliance
• B) social facilitation
• C) conformity
• D) social loafing

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the individual values in a dataset deviate from the mean of the dataset.

Random Variable

A variable that can take on numerical results from a random event.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Heating Oil

A low-viscosity, liquid petroleum product used as a fuel oil for furnaces or boilers in buildings for heating purposes.