Which of the Following Could Be Considered an Example of Social

question 126

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could be considered an example of social contagion?

• A) One person pretends to believe what everyone else in the room is saying.
• B) Humans contract an illness from a chimpanzee.
• C) One person in a building begins to experience imaginary physical symptoms, and soon everyone is experiencing them.
• D) A person refuses to leave his or her house because he or she is afraid that contact with others will give them a virus.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

The processes by which organisms become more sensitive to stimuli that are low in magnitude and less sensitive to stimuli that are constant or ongoing in magnitude.

Depth Perception

The ability to perceive the visual environment in three dimensions and to judge the distance of objects, crucial for navigating and interacting with the surroundings.

Retina

The area of the inner surface of the eye that contains rods and cones.

Signal-Detection Theory

A theory that explains how differently people respond to stimuli under different conditions, focusing on decision-making amidst uncertainty.