One of the factors associated with compliance is social validation. This is because we ________

a) want to be correct, and one way to do so is to emulate the behaviors of others whom we see as similar to ourselves in some way
b) are more willing to comply with requests from friends or from those we like than with requests from strangers or people we dislike
c) are more willing to comply with requests that call attention to scarcity than to those that do not
d) are more likely to comply with requests that come from those who hold a position of authority over us

a