The Work of Muzafer Sherif Was Important for the Development

question 8

Multiple Choice

The work of Muzafer Sherif was important for the development of social psychology because he

• A)demonstrated the interaction between personality characteristics and situational factors.
• B)developed professional associations for social psychologists.
• C)showed that complex social behavior could be examined scientifically.
• D)helped to find solutions to the crisis in the field during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of data values.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that indicates the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used in statistical hypothesis testing and estimation.

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