A hospital director and two senior ward sisters stand directly beside the main ward entrance to ensure visitors use hand sanitiser. When they do this, almost all visitors comply. However, when a single hospital volunteer asks visitors to sanitise from a desk at the far end of a quiet corridor, many visitors walk past without complying.
With reference to the scenario above, evaluate social impact theory as an explanation of obedience.
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