Imagine that one of your professors has a large collection of countercultural T-shirts,including one that reads,"I scream,you scream,we all scream for heroin." The professor makes sure to never wear this shirt to class,though,because she wants to keep her job and avoid being yelled at by her department chairperson.What is this kind of conformity called?
A) Identification
B) Compliance
C) Internalization
D) Groupthink

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The kind of conformity described in the scenario is compliance, where the professor conforms to societal norms and expectations to avoid negative consequences like losing her job or being reprimanded by her department chairperson. Identification refers to the process of adopting the attitudes, beliefs, and values of a group or individual that one admires or desires to be like. Internalization occurs when an individual accepts and integrates the beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of others into their own self-concept, while groupthink is a phenomena where a group of people make decisions or come to a consensus without considering alternative viewpoints or critical thinking.

Imagine That One of Your Professors Has a Large Collection