Question

When we follow rules because we know other people will not approve of us if we don't, we are responding to:

a. normative influence.
b. the hedonic motive.
c. cultural construction.
d. informational influence?

Answer 1

The answer is a. normative influence.it is a kind of a peer pressure. You follow to what other people are doing so you can be acknowledged and avoid social ridicule. It is defined in social psychology as "the influence of other people that leads us to imitate in order to be liked and accepted by them.