Nonnormative influences refer to:
A. biological or environmental events that affect many or most people in a society in similar ways and events that touch only certain individuals.
B. events that shape the behavior and attitudes of a historical generation.
C. unusual events that have a major impact on individual lives because they disturb the expected sequence of the life cycle.
D. the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them.
Answer: C
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