In What Way Is Compliance Different from Conformity

question 179

Multiple Choice

In what way is compliance different from conformity?

• A) Compliance is a response to a direct request, whereas conformity is a response to indirect social pressure.
• B) Conformity and compliance are very similar; the distinction depends on whether one is a male or female.
• C) Conformity involves direct group pressure for change, whereas compliance involves orders or commands.
• D) Compliance involves eliciting reaction on the part of group members, whereas conformity involves subliminal persuasion.

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Definitions:

Polygenic Inheritance

A pattern of inheritance where multiple genes are involved in determining a trait or characteristic.

Sex-linked

Refers to genes or traits that are associated with specific sexes due to their location on sex chromosomes, often leading to the expression of certain diseases or characteristics predominantly in one sex.

Hemophilia

A genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, leading to excessive bleeding.

Recessive Gene

A gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical, as opposed to a dominant gene which can express its phenotype over a different allele.