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.

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Allison's behavior is an example of anticonformity, where she deliberately chooses to act in opposition to the norms or trends followed by the majority, specifically to avoid being "in style" or conforming to what others are doing.

Allison Carefully Avoids Doing What Everyone Else Does