Social Psychologists Reacted to Critiques of the Field in the 1960s

question 55

Multiple Choice

Social psychologists reacted to critiques of the field in the 1960s and 1970s by doing all of the following except

• A) adopting more rigorous and formalized ethical standards.
• B) paying more attention to cross-cultural differences in cognition and behavior.
• C) denouncing experiments as unacceptably artificial.
• D) developing more stringent procedures to avoid the effects of experimenter bias.

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Definitions:

Contagion Theory

A social theory suggesting that ideas, attitudes, and emotions can spread through populations similarly to infectious diseases.

Gustave Le Bon

A French social psychologist best known for his work on crowd psychology and the study of the characteristics and behavior of crowds.

Type A

A personality type characterized by competitiveness, high ambition, aggressiveness, impatience, and a sense of urgency, which may be associated with stress and heart disease.

Relaxed

A state of physical or mental ease, lacking tension or anxiety.