Referent Informational Influence Differs from Normative and Informational Influence Because

question 55

Multiple Choice

Referent informational influence differs from normative and informational influence because in referent informational influence:

• A) people conform to validate physical reality.
• B) people conform because they are group members.
• C) people conform to avoid social disapproval.
• D) people conform only if they are highly anxious women.

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Definitions:

Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

A logical fallacy that assumes a cause-and-effect relationship because one event follows another in time.

Labor Market

A marketplace where employers find workers and workers find jobs; the interaction determines wages, employment levels, and working conditions.

Inductive Reasoning

A method of reasoning in which specific observations or measurements are used to make general conclusions.

Normative Economics

A branch of economics that expresses value judgments about economic fairness or what the outcome of the economy or goals of public policy should be.