After Michael Studied the Chapter on Social Psychology, He Decided

question 17

Multiple Choice

After Michael studied the chapter on social psychology, he decided to try an experiment. He wanted to see how people on a half-empty bus would react if he politely asked someone to move so he could have a particular seat. But when Michael boarded the bus, he found he was just too embarrassed to carry out his experiment. Michael's behavior appears to be governed by:

• A) the rule of reciprocity.
• B) social norms.
• C) the rule of commitment.
• D) diffusion of responsibility.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after conditioning, as seen in classical conditioning paradigms.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Central Amygdala

A region within the amygdala of the brain involved in processing emotions, particularly fear and anxiety responses.

Conditioning Of Fear

Conditioning of fear is a psychological process where an individual learns to associate a neutral stimulus with a fearful or threatening event, resulting in the expression of fear responses to the previously neutral stimulus.