Regarding Crowding and Density, Which of the Following Statements Is

question 33

Multiple Choice

Regarding crowding and density, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Whether high density is experienced as crowding mainly depends on the age and gender of those present.
• B) Most laboratory studies using human subjects have failed to produce any serious ill effects by crowding people into small places.
• C) Stress probably explains why death rates increase among prison inmates and mental hospital patients who live in crowded conditions.
• D) One result of high densities and crowding is a state that psychologist Stanley Milgram called attentional overload.

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