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).

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