Influence Is Best Described as the

question 29

Multiple Choice

Influence is best described as the

• A)potential to manipulate others.
• B)capacity to produce an effect on others.
• C)degree of actual change in a target person's values.
• D)status differential between the members of a group.

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Definitions:

Language Acquisition Device

A theoretical concept in linguistics suggesting an innate psychological mechanism that enables individuals to acquire language.

Linguistic Rules

The set of norms and conventions governing the structure, use, and meaning of words and sentences within a particular language.

Developmentalists

Researchers or theoreticians who study the patterns and processes of growth, change, and stability in behavior throughout a lifespan.

Nativism

The psychological theory that certain abilities or knowledge are innate and not acquired through learning or experience.