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In One of the First Social Psychological Experiments Ever Conducted

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In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Max Ringelmann observed men as they pulled on a rope either alone, as part of a small group, or as part of a large group. He found that as the size of the group increased, ____.


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Green Light

A signal used in traffic lights indicating the permission to go or proceed.

Conditioned Responses

Learned reactions or responses to certain stimuli that occur as a result of conditioning, such as in classical and operant conditioning.

Garcia

A reference likely to John Garcia, known for his research on taste aversion learning showing that an organism can learn to avoid a substance after a negative experience.

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning where behaviors are influenced to be repeated or not through the administration of punishments and rewards.

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