When Nikolaos arrives a few minutes late to his psychology class,he finds that everyone has turned their desks to face the back of the room.Though the teacher is not in the room,he assumes that they know something he doesn't and turns his desk to face the back of the room too.Nikolaos is conforming,due to
A) groupthink.
B) deindividuation.
C) informational social influence.
D) social facilitation.

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Nikolaos is conforming due to informational social influence, which occurs when an individual conforms to the opinions or behaviors of others in order to be correct or accurate. In this case, Nikolaos assumes that everyone else knows something he doesn't, and so he conforms by turning his desk to face the back of the room. Groupthink (A) and deindividuation (B) are not applicable in this scenario, as there is no evidence that Nikolaos is under pressure to conform or losing his sense of individual identity. Social facilitation (D) refers to the phenomenon in which an individual performs better in the presence of others, but this is not relevant to the scenario described.

When Nikolaos Arrives a Few Minutes Late to His Psychology