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social influence

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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