Dusty's neighbors are avid churchgoers who believe strongly in the power of prayer and divine healing. when their toddler daughter is diagnosed with a brain tumor that surgeons are able to completely remove, they publicly credit prayer and divine intercession. dusty, an agnostic, is invited to a party celebrating the child's return from the hospital. although he thinks the child's recovery is most likely due to the skill of her surgeon, he agrees with the family that prayer and intercession were responsible. dusty's behavior is best described as

public compliance

Explanation:

Public compliance refers to a type of action that is heavily influenced by the pressure or coercion of social group that we belong to rather than our own will.

We can see this from the case above.

Dusty is an agnostic. He doesn't believe that the child's recovery is caused by the God.  When he was invited to the religious event, he felt a pressure  to conform to the neighbors' view and agree with them when they say 'prayer and intercession were responsible'.

Since he is an agnostic, we can conclude that Dusty said that because of social pressure rather than his own belief.

Dear Andrew, how are you doing? It's been a while we talked and I miss hearing your throaty laughter and your words of wisdom and I kind of need them right now.

The thing is, after secondary school, I'm confused on what next to do. I have two options right now: go to university, or learn a trade. Hear me out first, because at this point I'm fairly certain of what you'll say, but if you hear my points, maybe you would reconsider.

As the first child of the family, there are certain sacrifices I have to make for my other siblings of which education is one of them. A trade seems the sensible way out because I have the chance to learn hands-on from a person that is already into the business and in a few years, I would establish my own trade.

I understand the importance of university education, but given the high rate of unemployment, I feel it's too big a gamble for me to undertake right now.

I could do with your advice, big fella.

                                                                                      Yours sincerely,

                                                                                        (Your name)

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