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social influence

1. any change in an individual’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors caused by other people, who may be actually present or whose presence is imagined, expected, or only implied.

2. interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. See informational influence; interpersonal influence; normative influence. See also social force; social pressure.

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May 2nd 2024

modeling theory

modeling theory

the idea that changes in behavior, cognition, or emotional state result from observing someone else’s behavior or the consequences of that behavior. See observational learning; social learning theory.