All of Your Friends Want to Go Out to the New

question 60

Multiple Choice

All of your friends want to go out to the new Sushi restaurant for dinner. You would prefer to go to the new steak house. As you listen to their arguments, you decide that, in fact, the Sushi restaurant may be a good choice so you decide to go as well. Your behaviour is an example of

• A) lowballing
• B) cognitive dissonance
• C) normative social influence
• D) central processing
• E) informational social influence

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