Identify and Define the Three Conditions Necessary for a Change

question 109

Essay

Identify and define the three conditions necessary for a change in one variable to be caused by another variable.

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Definitions:

Milgram's Research

a series of psychological experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon occurring within a group of people, where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Cohesive Group

A social group that is united, working together well, and has strong bonds among its members, leading to higher group morale.

Door-In-The-Face Technique

A strategy in which someone makes a large, unreasonable request with the expectation that the person will refuse but will then be more likely to respond favorably to a smaller request later.