Angie Is Due to Give Birth to a Boy in June

question 96

Multiple Choice

Angie is due to give birth to a boy in June. Before she became pregnant, Angie weighed 215 pounds, which was in the obese BMI range. She should gain no more than ______ pounds during her pregnancy.

• A) 10
• B) 5
• C) 20
• D) 15

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Definitions:

Group Pressure

The psychological influence exerted by a group on individual members to align their behavior or beliefs with group norms.

Asch

Refers to Solomon Asch, known for his research on conformity, including his famous experiments that demonstrated the power of social pressure.

Milgram

Stanley Milgram was a psychologist best known for his controversial experiment on obedience to authority figures, conducted in the 1960s.

Compliance

The act of conforming to a request, command, or set of rules, often analyzed in social psychology to understand obedience and group behavior.