Amalia really wanted that new position at work and knew that in order to get it she would have to increase her skill set and shadow a fellow worker, stan, to learn some new processes. however, every time amalia decided that she had a few minutes to shadow stan she would get caught up in something else and the opportunity would pass. amalia's failure to shadow stan so far speaks to her

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.