b) Most people \"do not want to become involved.\" The fight-or-flight response

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b) Most people "do not want to become involved." The fight-or-flight response is not activated when others are in danger d) Diffusion of responsibility is the reason most people do not respond. True/ False A-True 11. 1. Givin B-False g in to pressure to change your behavior and thoughts to be like others is called obedience b) 12. You receive a call at home from a telemarketer who wants you to listen to a pitch for aluminum siding,. If you agree to listen, you are more likely to buy siding a phenomenon known as the foot-in-the -door technique. 13. The purpose of Milgram's study on obedience was to find out how many people would obey an authority figure when directly ordered to violate their own ethical standards. a) b) 14. Stereotypes assume that members of the same group must have distinct differences between them a) b) regretted having been involved, and that they felt that their discovery that they were, in fact, cruel people had lasting damage on their self-esteem 15. Upon review of their participation in Milgram's obedience study, 84% of the participants reported that they

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11. The answer is False. Obedience is a form of compliance that involves an authority figure.

12. The answer is True. This is because a small request (agreeing to listen) is first fulfilled, and is then followed by an agreement to fulfill the larger request (agreeing to buy the product).

13. The answer is False. In Milgram’s experiment, participants were not ordered to violate their own ethical standards, rather they were asked to cause harm to other people.

14. The answer is False. Stereotypes assign common characteristics to members of a particular group.

15. The answer is False. 84 percent of the people communicated that they were very glad to have participated in the study for when they were surveyed later.

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