Question

When sue's friends decide to go to a movie instead of a restaurant, sue goes along with them because she is afraid her friends will reject her if she doesn't. sue's behavior is being influenced by​?

Answer 1

The answer is normative influence. Social norms refers to the unrecorded rules that govern social behavior. Normative social influence is a type of social influence leading to conformity. It is well-defined in social psychology as "the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them.