Question

Lincoln thought he smelled smoke for a second. He looked at others in the classroom and at the teacher. No one seemed concerned, so Lincoln continued taking his test along with his other classmates. This is MOST likely an example of _____.

A. focused attention
B. a need for approval
C. conformational social influence
D. informational social influence

Answer 1

Informational social influence

Explanation:

Informational social influence is explained when we do not know anything and we try to copy to other people. They perform as an information source for how to behave. We people care about others what they think and then we follow or copy them. It is also called social proof.

It occurs especially when:

• It occurs when we have ambiguous choices and we do not know which one should be select.
• In a crisis, we don't have much time to experiment.
• We think others are experts.

So Lincoln that continued taking the test along with his other classmates.