All of the Following Are Examples of Informational Social Influence

question 130

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of informational social influence EXCEPT:

• A) You are running a race, and you wait to check which of two roads the other runners follow.
• B) You've just started work at a new job, and a fire alarm goes off.You watch your coworkers to see what to do.
• C) You ask your advisor which classes you should take next semester.
• D) You decide to lose weight, because the people you see on the covers of popular magazines are thinner than you are and you want people to like you more.

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Definitions:

Gini Coefficient

Measure of income distribution within a given population.

Colonialism

The practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Peripheral Countries

Nations that are less developed economically and are often exploited by more developed, core countries in the global economic system.

Modernization Theory

A view of globalization in which global development is a worldwide process affecting nearly all societies that have been touched by technological change.