Joyce Has the Potential to Be an Honor Student

Joyce has the potential to be an honor student. However, she frustrates her teachers because of her actions. Rather than work to succeed, she tends to "dummy down" to act more like the students that she hangs out with. She sometimes answers questions incorrectly just to be more like her friends. Which of the following perspectives would explain this?

A) informational social influence
B) cognitive social influence
C) defense mechanisms
D) normative social influence

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