In Baum and Davis' Study of College Dorms, the Dividing

question 55

Multiple Choice

In Baum and Davis' study of college dorms, the dividing of the long corridor dorm hall in half and the creation of a small lounge area resulted in

• A)reduced crowding but also reduced friendship formation.
• B)reduced crowding and increased friendship formation.
• C)increased feelings of crowding and reduced friendship formation.
• D)increased feelings of crowding but with increased friendship formation.

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Definitions:

Anomic Suicides

Suicides resulting from a person's inability to cope with major social changes or a breakdown in social norms, leading to feelings of disconnection.

Societal Pressures

The influence exerted by society on individuals or groups to conform to certain norms, values, or behaviors.

Thanatos

According to the Freudian view, the basic death instinct that functions in opposition to the life instinct.

Psychodynamic

An approach in psychology which emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.