Question

Janet has a minority opinion about dorm curfew and is afraid she will feel pressured to conform to the majority opinion at an upcoming dorm meeting. To resist conformity pressures, Janet should:

a. express strong negative emotions during the meeting.

b. bring an ally to the meeting

c. bring cookies to the meeting

d. adopt an interdependent mind-set right before the meeting.

Answer 1

Answer: b) bring an ally to the meeting.

Explanation: As per the situation mentioned in the question, Jane persists minority opinion for the dorm curfew which she can express in the meeting by displaying her opinion through ally. Ally is the community of other people who have similar thinking about dorm curfew so that she can convince majority opinionated people about her thoughts .In this manner she will not be forced to conform towards majority opinion.

Other options are incorrect because display of negative emotions will not change the mind of majority opinion. Interdependent thinking is viewing and relating with the natural connection and bringing cookies are not the appropriate and relevant steps for the case.Thus, the correct option is option(b).