What percent of students report having used at least one of the following tactics to keep their drinking sensible: avoiding drinking games, setting a maximum number of drinks in advance, having a friend help them know when to stop, pacing drinks to one or fewer per hour. a. 97%
b. 72%
c. 22%
d. 41%
e. 7%
f. not sure

Not all members of the radio audience of orson welles' war of the worlds broadcast panicked immediately. indeed, some didn't panic until they looked out of the window and saw empty streets; others didn't panic until they saw streets full of traffic. it was after checking out the situation that these citizens decided that the martians had indeed invaded earth. this example illustrates that contagion can result when people look to others for the interpretation of ambiguous situations . can result when cultural norms reinforce people's most likely responses. occurs primarily because humans are by nature irrational creatures. is especially likely when people are motivated to make independent decisions.