Shawntae believes that eating meat is unhealthy and has not eaten meat in years. While at a party held by her new employer she i
s offered a hamburger. Shawntae is anxious to make a good impression and really wants to be liked, so she accepts and eats the hamburger. Shawntae's behavior is an example of:
Shawntae's behavior is an example of <em>conformity</em>. Shawntae is anxious to make a good impression and be liked by her new employer. She eats the hamburger to conform to his new employer's tastes. Conformity is when an individual changes his behavior to be liked or fit in a group. Conformity may be due to group pressure or the pressure of social norms. Conformity also refers to adhere to the opinion of the majority.
The answer is true. The phenomenon of “daddy stress”—as
Forbes magazine called it in a latest cover story—touches men from the decision-making
office to the rank and file, and while a increasing number of single dads may
feel it most, wedded fathers are hardly resistant.
