The hydraulic model of peer influence assumes that ______.
a. adolescents want to be accepted as adults, so they will reject peer pressure to model their behavior after their parents
b. as adolescents get older, peers have an increasing influence on their behavior
c. there is a fixed amount of influence, so increases in peer influence necessarily means that there will be a decrease in parental influence
d. peers are the primary influence on the adolescent's behavior, and the contribution of parents is minor
Ans: C
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