Multiple Choice
What do the following situations share in common: a million listeners of Orson Welles' broadcast of War of the Worlds become panic-stricken,believing it is a real event; a case of mass psychogenic illness occurs in Tennessee; people in the Middle Ages became "infected" with dancing manias.All are examples of
A) cognitive dissonance.
B) obedience to authority.
C) normative social influence.
D) informational social influence.
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