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Social Influence is a common method of persuasion. Which of the following is the MOST TRUE statement about social influence? • social influence is rarely effective in persuading other people to do things, it tends to only work on people who are fairly gullible to begin with • social influence is the MOST effective method of persuasion • social influence can be used to promote pro-social behaviors and is not necessarily a bad thing • social influence is almost always considered to be a negative thing as it encourages people to just be "sheep" and follow along without any thought at all

          Social Influence is a common method of persuasion. Which of the following is the MOST TRUE statement about social influence?
• social influence is rarely effective in persuading other people to do things, it tends to only work on people who are fairly gullible to begin with
• social influence is the MOST effective method of persuasion
• social influence can be used to promote pro-social behaviors and is not necessarily a bad thing
• social influence is almost always considered to be a negative thing as it encourages people to just be "sheep" and follow along without any thought at all

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Social Influence is a common method of persuasion. Which of the following is the MOST TRUE statement about social influence? • social influence is rarely effective in persuading other people to do things, it tends to only work on people who are fairly gullible to begin with • social influence is the MOST effective method of persuasion • social influence can be used to promote pro-social behaviors and is not necessarily a bad thing • social influence is almost always considered to be a negative thing as it encourages people to just be "sheep" and follow along without any thought at all

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