Rachel attends a New Year’s Eve party with her friends. They are having fun at the party, dancing and drinking champagne. At one point during the party, a woman that Rachel doesn’t know asks her if she wants to go into another room and try some cocaine with her. Instinctively, Rachel’s first thought is “what would my mother think if she knew about this?” Rachel can’t bear the thought and declines. Her decision is due to ________.Select one:social contagionsymbolic social influencedestructive obedienceSchadenfreude
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Rachel attends a New Year’s Eve party with her friends. They are having fun at the party, dancing and drinking champagne. At one point during the party, a woman that Rachel doesn’t know asks her if she wants to go into another room and try some cocaine with her. Instinctively, Rachel’s first thought is “what would my mother think if she knew about this?” Rachel can’t bear the thought and declines. Her decision is due to ________.Select one:social contagionsymbolic social influencedestructive obedienceSchadenfreude
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Rachel's decision is due to symbolic social influence.
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