Sixteen-year-old elias was frustrated to have to move and leave a high school he really liked. at his old school, he had many friends and the support of his teachers. he found his new school much different and had difficulty finding his place there. though elias was an excellent student at his old school, he quickly learned that he would have to abandon that to fit in with the new group of friends that appeared to be accepting him. because he felt his need for friends and acceptance was greater than his need for good grades, he let his grades slide. which of the following concepts best explains why elias put forth little effort in his school work at his new school? a) the matching hypothesis
b) conformity
c) obedience
d) the fundamental attribution error

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.