Question

Steve, a high school student, is attending a biology class. When the teacher asks each student in the class to recall the function of the sympathetic nervous system, all the students who were asked the question before him incorrectly recall the function. Despite knowing the correct answer, Steve repeats the answer given by other students because of group pressure. This scenario exemplifies the concept of __________. Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Conformity

Step-by-step explanation:

Conformity can be described as a social behaviour where a person may change what they believe in or how they behave just because they want to fit into a social group. From this explanation, we can see that Steve is trying to be in conformity with his classmates, he probably does not want to be seen as a know-it-all. So in order for him to be accepted, he deliberately trying to feel like the rest.