Joyce Has the Potential to Be an Honor Student but Frustrates

question 32

Multiple Choice

Joyce has the potential to be an honor student but frustrates her teachers because of her actions.Rather than working to succeed, she tends to "dummy down" to act more like the students that she hangs out with.She has at times answered questions incorrectly in class on purpose to be more like her friends.Joyce's behavior is due to

• A)informational social influence.
• B)ethnocentrism.
• C)groupthink.
• D)normative social influence.

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