Question

Felicia is initially the only member of the jury who believes that the defendant is innocent. After hearing and debating Felicia's arguments, the jury unanimously declares the defendant not guilty. The jurors' decision will most likely be characterized by:_______.

a. private acceptance.
b. public conversion.
c. contagion.
d. public compliance without private acceptance.

Answer 1

The answer is A. Private acceptance.

Step-by-step explanation:

Private acceptance can be defined as a change in a person's attitude. This change could be or it could not be expressed in words, as well as it is provoked because of the existence of Informational Social Influence.

Informational Social Influence refers to the cognitive influence to admit some kind of information from other people and consider it as evidence concerning reality. People admit this information as evidence because there is an ambiguous or difficult situation.