Robert Zajonc and His Colleagues (1969)employed the Lowly Cockroach in Their

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Multiple Choice

Robert Zajonc and his colleagues (1969) employed the lowly cockroach in their studies of social facilitation.In the presence of other cockroaches,roaches would run faster down a straight-away to escape a bright light than they would alone,but took longer in the presence of a cockroach audience when the escape route was more complicated (i.e.,when they had to run a maze) .These findings support the idea that

• A) the presence of other members of a species improves performance on a well-learned response.
• B) cockroaches differ from humans in their response to other members of their species.
• C) the presence of other members of a species impedes performance on a well-learned response.
• D) cockroaches respond better than humans in the presence of other members of their species.
• E) members of even the most lowly species experience evaluation apprehension.

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