You Advise a Friend to Enroll in Professor Windplenty's Class

question 297

Multiple Choice

You advise a friend to enroll in Professor Windplenty's class because "he's an easy 'A.'" A stranger in the registration line overhears you and decides to sign up for the same professor. This is an example of

• A) peripheral persuasion
• B) the "grapevine" effect
• C) the bystander phenomenon
• D) the unintended receiver effect

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Definitions:

Solomon Asch

A psychologist known for his research on conformity, demonstrating how individuals yield to or defy a majority group.

Philip Zimbardo

An American psychologist known for his research on social influence, including the famous Stanford prison experiment.

Stanley Milgram

A psychologist best known for his groundbreaking and controversial experiments on obedience to authority conducted in the 1960s.

Natural Tendency

An inherent inclination or propensity towards certain behaviors or actions.