At a student council meeting,the officers representing the second-,third-,and fourth-year students all supported a particular policy concerning alcohol at parties.Only those officers representing the first-year students were opposed to this policy.According to the relevant research,the majority in this case would be most likely to influence the minority by producing which of the following?

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Normative pressures are social influence strategies aimed at changing an individual's behavior in order to conform to the group's norms and values. In this case, the majority (the officers representing the second-, third-, and fourth-year students) would use normative pressures to influence the minority (the officers representing the first-year students) to conform to their policy concerning alcohol at parties.

At a Student Council Meeting,the Officers Representing the Second-,Third-,And Fourth-Year