Question

Samuela never pays attention in class and never studies, and she tends to fail most of the tests she takes in school. However, she constantly looks for opportunities to cheat during tests; she looks at her neighbors' answers and then writes down what she sees, assuming that her neighbors know the test material better than she does. In these cases, Samuela's test answers are based on ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Informational social influence

Explanation:

Informational social influence refers to action by which one person looks at the behaviors of others who are also in the same or similar situation to see how they behave. Then, this person can follow their lead. This action often happens when the person assumes that the other people know better and know how to behave in a situation and act accordingly.

In this case Samuela doesn't pay attention in class nor she studies. However she's constantly looking for opportunities to cheat, looking at their neighbor's answers and assuming that they know better.

We can see that Manuela looks at the behaviors of the other students and their answers in order to follow their lead assuming they do know the answers. Therefore, her answers are based on informational social influence.