You Have Just Listened to Your Professor Lecture for an Hour

question 25

Multiple Choice

You have just listened to your professor lecture for an hour about material that you find thoroughly confusing.When the professor asks if anyone has any questions,you look around to other students in the class but no one else puts up their hand so you assume you are the only one that is confused.This is an example of

• A)social loafing
• B)pluralistic ignorance
• C)deindividuation
• D)diffusion of responsibility

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Definitions:

Algebraic Expression

A mathematical phrase that can contain ordinary numbers, variables, and operators.

Verbal Phrase

A verbal phrase is a group of words expressing an action or a state of being, often used in mathematics to translate words into algebraic expressions or equations.

Divided

A mathematical operation where one quantity is evenly distributed into parts or groups.

Algebraic Expression

A combination of variables, numbers, and at least one arithmetic operation, without an equality sign.