If Instead of Person 6 Undergoing a Threshold Shift, It

question 21

Multiple Choice

If instead of Person 6 undergoing a threshold shift, it was Person 4 (threshold = 4) from α who had an unpleasant encounter with a government official and whose threshold was lowered (to 3) , what would happen in the society α′′ = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10}?

• A) There would be no change.
• B) There would be a revolutionary cascade, and all members of the society except for person 10 (revolutionary threshold = 10) would publicly protest the opposition.

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Definitions:

Hawthorne Studies

A series of experiments conducted in the 1920s and 1930s that concluded social and psychological factors affect productivity and work conditions.