Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Classic

question 144

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the classic Robber's Cave study by Sherif and Sherif (1967) ?

• A)It involved subjects sitting around a table judging lines shown on a tablet.
• B)It showed just how obedient males and females can be when faced with an authority figure.
• C)It centered around group behaviors, mainly those of social facilitation, social hindrance, and social loafing.
• D)It demonstrated that when the in-group and out-group mentality develops, prejudice and hostility are likely to follow.

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Definitions:

Limitations

Constraints or restrictions that affect the scope, validity, or generalizability of research findings.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the numbers in the dataset deviate from the mean average.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion, indicating how much the values in a dataset differ from the mean.

Measures of Variability

Statistical calculations that describe the distribution or spread of data points within a dataset, such as standard deviation, variance, and range.