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Question
Rajeshwari wears T-shirt and jeans on her first day to work. She notices that her colleagues wear formal clothes. Although no one tells her to do so, she feels the need to dress up formally to avoid appearing different from the rest.
What type of social influence is exhibited in the above scenario?
Solution
Conformity
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