After the Mass Suicides Related to the Cults at Jonestown

question 54

Multiple Choice

After the mass suicides related to the cults at Jonestown, people tended to blame the victims and accuse them of being psychologically unstable or deranged.Social psychologists are more likely to explain these mass suicides as being due to

• A) individual differences, such as antisocial personality.
• B) mental illness in most of the cult members.
• C) the social influence of cult leaders.
• D) the imagined presence of an all-powerful deity.

Acknowledge the breadth of psychology fields as reflected in subdivisions within the APA.

Understand the role of industrial/organizational psychology in workplace dynamics.

Comprehend the role of social psychology in studying interpersonal relationships and group dynamics.

Distinguish experimental psychology's focus on fundamental psychological processes.

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