GMAT
MCAT 2024 STUDY SET
Phase Diagram - answer ✅✅a graph showing the
conditions at which a substance exists as a solid, liquid, or
vapor
a line separates the regions that correspond to the solid
and liquid phases. For most substances, since the solid
phase is denser than the liquid, this line has a positive
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slope. This indicates that it is possible to convert the
liquid substance into solid by increasing pressure. Since
the opposite is true for water, however, the line between
these regions has a negative - or downward-tilting - slope.
This hallmark is one easy way to distinguish the phase
diagram of water from that of most other compounds.
social facilitation - answer ✅✅stronger responses on
simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others
bystander effect - answer ✅✅the tendency for any given
bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders
are present
bystander effect factors - answer ✅✅individuals do not
intervene to help victims when others are present
-less likely to notice danger in crowds
-take cues from others
-degree of responsibility is decreased
-cohesiveness of group
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Deindividuation - answer ✅✅when an individual seems
to lose himself or herself in the group's identity
social loafing - answer ✅✅the tendency for people in a
group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts
toward attaining a common goal than when individually
accountable
group polarization - answer ✅✅the enhancement of a
group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within
the group. doesn't have to be irrational.
normative social influence - answer ✅✅behavior that is
motivated by the desire to gain social acceptance and
approval
informational social influence - answer ✅✅influence
resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions
about reality
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Groupthink - answer ✅✅the mode of thinking that
occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making
group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives. leads
to irrational decisions by a group.
characteristics of group think - answer
✅✅invulnerability, rationalization, lack of introspection,
stereotyping, pressure, lack of disagreement, self-
deception, insularity
Irving Janis and groupthink - answer ✅✅members of a
group are so driven to reach unanimous decisions that
they no longer truly evaluate the consequences of their
decisions
occurs when the groups making decision are isolated and
homogeneous, there is a lack of impartial leadership
inside or outside the gorup, when there is a high level of
pressure for a decision to be made
MCAT 2024 STUDY SET
Phase Diagram - answer ✅✅a graph showing the
conditions at which a substance exists as a solid, liquid, or
vapor
a line separates the regions that correspond to the solid
and liquid phases. For most substances, since the solid
phase is denser than the liquid, this line has a positive
, GMAT
slope. This indicates that it is possible to convert the
liquid substance into solid by increasing pressure. Since
the opposite is true for water, however, the line between
these regions has a negative - or downward-tilting - slope.
This hallmark is one easy way to distinguish the phase
diagram of water from that of most other compounds.
social facilitation - answer ✅✅stronger responses on
simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others
bystander effect - answer ✅✅the tendency for any given
bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders
are present
bystander effect factors - answer ✅✅individuals do not
intervene to help victims when others are present
-less likely to notice danger in crowds
-take cues from others
-degree of responsibility is decreased
-cohesiveness of group
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Deindividuation - answer ✅✅when an individual seems
to lose himself or herself in the group's identity
social loafing - answer ✅✅the tendency for people in a
group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts
toward attaining a common goal than when individually
accountable
group polarization - answer ✅✅the enhancement of a
group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within
the group. doesn't have to be irrational.
normative social influence - answer ✅✅behavior that is
motivated by the desire to gain social acceptance and
approval
informational social influence - answer ✅✅influence
resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions
about reality
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Groupthink - answer ✅✅the mode of thinking that
occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making
group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives. leads
to irrational decisions by a group.
characteristics of group think - answer
✅✅invulnerability, rationalization, lack of introspection,
stereotyping, pressure, lack of disagreement, self-
deception, insularity
Irving Janis and groupthink - answer ✅✅members of a
group are so driven to reach unanimous decisions that
they no longer truly evaluate the consequences of their
decisions
occurs when the groups making decision are isolated and
homogeneous, there is a lack of impartial leadership
inside or outside the gorup, when there is a high level of
pressure for a decision to be made
