David is part of a sales group. on many aspects of the sales strategy he thinks that his group is making a big mistake, but he decides to give into the pressure and go along with what they decide. in the context of conformity, this change is best described as

John recently received his semester grades and found that he had failed two courses. he says the reason he failed the two courses is that they were taught by female professors. john believes that women are really not smart enough to teach at the college level. in this example, the female professors are a) spacegoats and being blamed for john's grades b) being discriminatory toward john c) probably not smart enough to teach in a college d) prejudiced against john because he is male