Question

You enter a basement and find 15 friends there, most of them consuming alcohol. Your good friend Paul is sitting in a cluster with eight others who are drinking, but he is not drinking. Which statement from his peers is most likely the reason he is still sitting there?
(1 point)

“Paul, you are such a baby. Come on let’s have some fun.”

“No problem Paul. It’s cool. Do your thing.”

“Hey man, this is just beer. It’s not going to kill you.”

“This is the in group here. We like beer. If you don’t, then you need to go over there.”

Answer 1

“No problem Paul. It’s cool. Do your thing.”

That response signals social acceptance and removes normative pressure to conform, so he can stay with the group without drinking.