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A Psychologist Was Interested in the Effect of Hunger on Psychological

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A psychologist was interested in the effect of hunger on psychological disturbances. The psychologist deprived half of a group of healthy volunteers of food for one day and fed the other half normally. The next day, all participants took the MMPI-2. What was the independent variable?


Definitions:

Group Polarization

The tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon in which the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Risky Shift

The phenomenon where groups tend to make riskier decisions than individuals would make alone.

Psychology Of Persuasion

The study of how people are influenced to change their attitudes or behaviors by messages and approaches within a contextual setting.

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