Agreeing to a Small Request by Not Giving It Much

question 36

Multiple Choice

Agreeing to a small request by not giving it much thought is referred to in social psychology as:

• A) mindlessness.
• B) systematic processing.
• C) acquiescent response set.
• D) automatic processing.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

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