Asked by Courtney Cridland on Jun 29, 2024
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Allison carefully avoids doing what everyone else does. She goes out of her way to make sure that she does not dress the same way as others of her age. She spends a lot of time and effort to ensure that she will not be caught "in style." Her behaviour would be called:
A) bandwagon effect.
B) decision polarization.
C) independence.
D) anticonformity.
Anticonformity
Behavior that goes against the norms of a group purposefully, different from mere nonconformity as it seeks to challenge or oppose those norms.
Independence
The state or quality of being self-reliant and free from reliance on external support or control.
Bandwagon Effect
A psychological phenomenon where people do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs.
- Understand the impact of conformity, anticonformity, and independence on individual behavior within groups.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the impact of conformity, anticonformity, and independence on individual behavior within groups.
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