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Test bank -PSYCHOLOGY Coon Journey 5edition-Chapter 14-with 750 questions and answers Chapter 14: Social Behavior MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In 1967 social psychologist Stanley Milgram performed an experiment using the regular mail, and sociologist Duncan Watts replicated it using e-mail in 2003. Participants were given a message and the name, address, and occupation of the person who should receive it. The participant could only send the message to a first-name acquaintance, who would send it to a first-name acquaintance and so on until it reached the “target person” in another country. Milgram and Watts both found that the average number of intermediaries before the letter or e-mail reached its intended destination was a. six. b. 10. c. 15. d. 22. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Six Degrees of Separation OBJ: 14.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question) 2. Regarding social networks, which of the following statements is FALSE? a. A family, crew, and gang would be considered a social network. b. A community, a company, or a nation would not be considered a social network. c. Although Milgram and Webb in their experiments found people to be separated by only six degrees of separation, one recent report concluded that we are now down to three degrees of separation. d. Our social networks strongly influence our thoughts, feelings, and behavior. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Six Degrees of Separation OBJ: 14.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question) 3. Regarding social networks, which of the following statements is FALSE? a. Crowds, crews, troops, and bands make up social networks. b. The social world has become much smaller than it was in the 17th century. c. In Milgram’s letter experiment, it required different ten people to pass the message along before it got to its intended recipient, while Webb in his e-mail experiment found that it required only eight. d. Our social networks strongly influence our thoughts, feelings, and behavior. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Six Degrees of Separation OBJ: 14.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question) 4. A basic fact of social life is that we all modify our behavior for others, depending on who they are and a. the degree of persuasion we experience. b. our degree of attribution. c. what social groups we belong to. d. how much social comparison takes place. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: Humans in a Social Context-Mind Your Manners OBJ: 14.1.1 KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question) CONTINUED.....

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