How can individuals best defend themselves against social influence techniques based on scarcity?​

In one well-known study on empathy, participants were given the option of (a) leaving the study, or (b) switching places with a confederate who was receiving random electrical shocks but was very upset by them (because of a negative childhood experience she had with electricity). Participants were given this option after having been told that their values and interests were similar to those of the confederate or after having been told that their values and interests were different from those of the confederate. What were the results of this study?​

​Attribution theory is most concerned with how people ____.

​Which of the following does NOT qualify as a group, according to the definition given in the text?

​Suicide rates tend to be higher ____.

The most complex form of happiness is ____.​

Research on long-term relationships indicates that people tend to perceive that their relationship satisfaction is ____ year after year, when in reality, their relationship satisfaction is ____ across time.​

​The illusion of control tends to produce ____.

Suppose that there are two winners for the Nobel Prize in Economics this year, and suppose that one of them is a professor at your university while the other is a professor somewhere else. Research suggests that you will tend to ____.​

People who experience social rejection tend to eat more unhealthy foods—ice cream, cookies, and French fries—compared to those that don’t. Research suggests that this is mainly because social rejection triggers ____.​