Anita Is Typing and Starts to Make Mistakes When She

question 34

Multiple Choice

Anita is typing and starts to make mistakes when she notices that the person sitting next to her is typing much faster and making fewer mistakes. Anita's increase in mistakes is probably due to:

• A) comparison
• B) evaluation apprehension
• C) mere presence
• D) none of the three are viable explanations

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Definitions:

Autokinetic Effect

A visual phenomenon where a stationary point of light in a dark environment appears to move because of small involuntary eye movements.

Normative Influence

The impact of the norms of a group on an individual's behavior, leading them to conform in order to be accepted or liked by the group.

Informational Influence

A social influence process where an individual conforms to the opinions or behaviors of others because they are seen as a source of accurate information and used to guide one’s own beliefs or actions.

Social Influence

The change in behavior that one person causes in another, consciously or unconsciously, due to the way the influenced person perceives themselves in relation to the influencer, other people, and society.