Rewards and Punishments, Such as Approval or Disapproval, Administered by Groups

question 71

Multiple Choice

Rewards and punishments, such as approval or disapproval, administered by groups to enforce conformity among members is referred to as

• A)groupthink.
• B)group sanctions.
• C)coercion.
• D)indoctrination.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean.

T-Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistics for estimating population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.

Confidence Intervals

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, expressed with a certain level of confidence.

Population Variance

A measure of the spread of a population's values, calculated as the average squared deviation from the population mean.