According to Influence, to defend oneself against the inappropriate use of social proof, we should
(a) stay vigilant for plainly counterfeit social evidence.
(b) never look to others to figure out what to do.
(c) look only to dissimilar others for evidence of correct behavior.
(d) None of the above.
Question 2
Which of the following is not true of the relationship between front page suicides and subsequent air and traffic deaths?
(a) The wider the publicity given the suicide story, the greater the increase in subsequent deaths.
(b) The relationship holds for noncommercial air fatalities but not for commercial (i.e., airline) fatalities.
(c) If the story concerns a single suicide, then there is an increase only in single-person air and traffic fatalities.
(d) If the story concerns a suicide plus murder incident, then there is an increase only in multiple-person air and traffic deaths.
(e) The age of the single-person suicide story victim is correlated with the age of the victims of subsequent single-person car wrecks.
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