conformity

When Britney, the most popular girl at Penford High School, invites April Bowers to her lunch table April is thrilled with her sudden change in status, but soon finds that Britney's friendship comes at a steep price.

A collection of the comic strips adventures of Patrick the wolf boy, a little boy who is loved by his parents and misunderstood by his neighbors, does things his own way, chases squirrels, talks in growls, and turns into a werewolf once in a while.

Sixteen-year-old Kayla, a ballet dancer with very large breasts, and her sister Paterson, an artist, are both helped and hindered by classmates as they confront sexism, conformity, and censorship at their high school for the arts while still managing to maintain their sense of humor.

Explores the reasons ordinary people choose to defy convention, looking at the research of moral psychologists and neuroscientists as well as stories from history.

Contends that by trying to be an individual one is actually conforming to a certain group of people; discussing pop culture's role in this conformity and the nature of individuality.

Examines the multiple, complex, and mutually reinforcing factors that give rise to social consent.

George Babbitt, a successful middle-aged businessman living in 1920s Ohio, is shocked when his best friend is convicted of murder.

Discusses the effect one's image has on other's perception of them; answers questions adolescents have about image; provides quizzes over featured material; and includes advice on dealing with conflicts and teasing.

Honor, living with her mom and dad on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea, an environment controlled by the Earth Mother corporation in a post-apocalyptic world, becomes more fearful as she grows older and realizes that her nonconformist parents are putting the entire family at risk.

In the near future, when Kayla refuses to be barcoded like all other seventeen year olds, she finds herself an outcast. Soon, dangerous things start happening to her family and she is forced to run for her life.