MCAT Behavioral Sciences Question 262: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 262
5. All of the following are ways that an individual's behavior may be motivated by social influences, EXCEPT:
- A. compliance.
- B. identification.
- C. aggregation.
- D. internalization.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
There are three ways that an individual's behavior may be motivated by social influences. Compliance is a desire to seek rewards or avoid punishment (choice A is a motivating factor and can be eliminated). Identification is the desire to be like another person or group (choice B is a motivating factor and can be eliminated). Internalization happens when values and beliefs are intergrated into a person's own value system and then drives their behavior (choice D is a motivating factor and can be eliminated). However, aggregation is not a term in sociology; an aggregate describes people who exist in the same space but do not share a common sense of identity (choice C is not a motivating behavior and is the correct answer choice).