When Pressured to Conform,people May Do the Opposite of What

question 501

Multiple Choice

When pressured to conform,people may do the opposite of what is expected as a way of increasing their sense of

• A) social control.
• B) cognitive dissonance.
• C) personal control.
• D) social facilitation.

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Definitions:

Sensitivity Analysis

The study of how the variation in the output of a model can be apportioned, qualitatively or quantitatively, to different sources of variation in the input of a model.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of production or output over the short term, such as rent or salaries.

Variable Cost

Expenses that change in proportion to the amount of production or output levels.

Sensitivity Analysis

A technique used to determine how different values of an independent variable affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.