After reading a first-person account of a fictional fellow student's experience of overcoming obstacles to vote,university students were subsequently more likely to vote in a presidential primary election.This best illustrates the impact of:

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The scenario described in the question suggests that the students were influenced by the vicarious experience of reading about somebody else overcoming obstacles to vote. Vicarious experience refers to the learning that occurs through observing the experiences of others. The students in this scenario were more motivated to vote after reading about the fictional student's experience, indicating that their behavior was influenced by this vicarious experience. None of the other options (instinctive drift, extrinsic motivation, classical conditioning) are applicable to this scenario.

After Reading a First-Person Account of a Fictional Fellow Student's