Total Domination and Forced Obedience Total domination and forced obedience is not a constructive or efficient way to lead others. For example‚ Lao-tzu says that a good leader or government should let their citizens or subjects live their lives the way they want to. “When the Master governs‚ the people are hardly aware that he exists.” (A World Of Ideas pg. 22) Hannah Ardent is the exact opposite. She says “Total domination‚ which strives to organize the infinite plurality and differentiation
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Conformity is the most common and pervasive form of social influence‚ this study supports the idea that women conform more than men because women are prone to care more about the views that their peers perceive of them.I think the results supported the hypothesis because the males involved in the study for the majority part had answers that reflected that they did not care for fitting in‚ while on the other hand the majority of women admitted that they did care enough to want to fit in with their
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Define conformity‚ and distinguish between compliance‚ obedience‚ and acceptance‚ giving examples of each. What types of influences lead to conformity? When are we likely to conform and why does it have a negative connotation in Western society? Compare and contrast the conformity experiments of Sherif and Asch. Describe their methodology and the results that they observed. What processes seem to be at work in each case? In your view‚ would we get the same results today? Conformity is defined
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which is an average characteristic of the people in Fahrenheit 451’s society. A third characteristic of her that makes her an ideal citizen is that she is an emotionless drone. Overall Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ presents the dangers of conformity through the works of Mildred Montag‚ who is molded by society to be their ideal citizen. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Mildred is like an average citizen at the time because she hates books and believes that are meaningless. As stated in Fahrenheit 451‚”Mildred
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the field of Psychology has prospered‚ giving way to a more in depth knowledge and understanding of people’s social interactions with one another and what drives those connections. 20th century psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram‚ executed a series of Obedience to Authority test on random participants. As seen in the YouTube videos online and in class‚ Milgram’s study found that over 65% of the participants carried out the experiment‚ despite potentially hurting someone‚ due to the authority figure urging
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Conformity: Sammy Quits to Rеjеct thе Amеrican Drеam In thе short story‚ “A & P‚” by John Updikе. This Story takеs placе in 1961‚ in a small Nеw еngland town’s A&P grocеry storе.Thе main charactеr Sammy is a young man who works at thе local grocеry storе callеd A & P. Hе finds himsеlf fascinatеd by a particular group of girls. From thе bеach and still in thеir bathing suits. Nеxt‚ hе dеscribеs thе storе‚ its location‚ and its atmosphеrе which givеs a look into thе community’s valuеs and how diffеrеnt
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modeling). The behaviour of others provides information on what is the correct thing to do in this situation. There are three types of social influence - conformity - compliance - obedience Conformity Conformity involves developing attitudes‚ opinions‚ and behaviors to match the attitudes of a specific group. Most people conform to the standard values‚ also called norms‚
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Rebellion or Conformity? An Evaluation of the Two Throughout life‚ an individual is faced with many instances of change and reform that he or she can adapt to‚ rebel against‚ move beyond‚ or conform to. Although conforming may be the quickest‚ safest and easiest route to take‚ it may not always be what is best. But what is a person to do when everything that he or she came to know and love is morphing into a new‚ unrecognizable world? I think what it comes down to is a personal choice‚ a decision
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Non Conformity Have you ever wondered about those few in your class who just do everything on there own‚ not caring what everyone else thinks about it? Those who oppose the cliques and those who think the "popular" kids are just a group of followers. If you actually get the time to look at then and get to know them you will find out that they are not just the group of "weirdoes"‚ they live the romantic way of life‚ they are called the non conformists. Sounds kind of important huh? Well that is
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our moral of ethnical problem with the order that are ordain to us? Regarding this matter of disobedience as being “a psychological and moral problem” according to the author Eric Fromm‚ I would like to point out the concept of “autonomous obedience‚” which gives us an opportunity to rely on our “own powers and to become fully human‚” hence gaining our own knowledge‚ intellect‚ independence and freedom by being dictate by our very own “humanistic conscience” that helps and guides us to
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