Describe How Gender Impacts Conformity

question 86

Essay

Describe how gender impacts conformity.In what circumstances are women more likely to conform than men?

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Definitions:

Initiative Versus Guilt

A stage in Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development where children learn to exert control and power over their environment or experience guilt for their efforts to exert control.

Schizophrenic Adults

Individuals over the age of 18 who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, a chronic brain disorder characterized by disordered thinking, perceptions, and emotional responsiveness.

Delinquents

Individuals, typically young, who behave in a way that is illegal or not acceptable to society.

Erikson

A psychologist known for his theory on psychological development across the lifespan, emphasizing eight stages of human development.