All of Your Friends Want to Go Out to the New

question 511

Multiple Choice

All of your friends want to go out to the new Sushi restaurant for dinner. You don't. But you decide to go along anyway, even though you would prefer to go to the new steak house. Your behaviour is an example of

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

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Definitions:

Locus of Causality

A concept in psychology that refers to the perceived source of control over events in one's life, whether internal or external.

Connectionist Models

Cognitive models based on neural networks that simulate how neural connections in the brain process information and learn.

Neural Networks

Computational models designed to simulate the way the human brain processes information, often used in artificial intelligence applications.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.