Stan Is a New Student in His Sixth-Grade Class

question 104

Multiple Choice

Stan is a new student in his sixth-grade class. The other students exert normative pressure on him to conform to their opinion on some issue. According to social impact theory, Stan will be more likely to resist this influence if

• A) there are twenty rather than eleven students in the class.
• B) he perceives the other students as having high status.
• C) there are three other new students in the class who are receiving the same pressures.
• D) he comes from a culture that values a collectivist orientation.

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Definitions:

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s, marking a period of rich cultural growth among African Americans.

René Maran

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Jessie Redmond Fauset

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