Contextualizing One Drunk Driver's Failure to Moderate Alcohol Intake And/or

question 28

Multiple Choice

Contextualizing one drunk driver's failure to moderate alcohol intake and/or avoid driving by focusing on the broader failure of laws to better prevent and punish drunk driving is an example of

• A) social constructionism.
• B) personal attribution.
• C) systemic attribution.
• D) moral entrepreneurship.

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Definitions:

Foot-in-the-door Technique

A persuasion strategy in which agreeing to a small initial request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a second, larger request.

Electric Shocks

A method often used in psychology experiments to deliver a mild to severe stimulus to participants, sometimes to study pain response or learning.

Social Comparisons

The act of evaluating one's own abilities, achievements, and conditions by contrasting them with those of others.

Experimental Situation

A controlled environment or setup created to investigate the effects of variables on subjects in a scientific study.