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    Page No. Task 01 1.1How Archaea is similar to Eukaryotes and how they differ from Bacteria………..02 1.2: Importance of co-ordination between sub cellular organelles in Eukaryotic cell‚ using protein synthesis and transportation within cells…….…………………04 1.3 Explain the role of different types of transporters in cell membrane……………....07 Task 02 2.1 Explain how in each stage of Interphase‚ mitosis and controlling agents involved to contribute

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    The United States during the 1950s can be characterized by mass conformity. The nation was unified through the vast prosperity of the economic boom that resulted from WWII. The post-war period featured a nation of citizens sharing similar accomplishments‚ ideals‚ and lifestyles. The nation was comprised of myriad families cut from the same cookie-cutter shape. Few chose to challenge the demands of the conformed society. Among the opponents of society were youth and Civil Rights activists‚ who

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    GROUPTHINK THEORY Groupthink is a concurrence-seeking tendency that can deter collective decision-making processes and lead to poor decisions that induce fiascos‚ (Janis‚ 1972‚ 1982). Janis (1972) defined groupthink as "a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when the members’ strivings for agreement override their motivation to realistically review alternative courses of action. Janis listed eight symptoms of group think: Illusions of invulnerability

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    self-esteem have a correlation with group conformity. The group wanted to see if college students who have a high level of conforming affect their self-esteem. 40 students answered 2 questionnaires for the experimenters to get the data needed to see the correlation between the two variables. The first questionnaire that was administered was the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale to determine if students whether have high or low self-esteem. The second questionnaire that was administered was a conformity scale

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    common man to achieve his goal in life. Man is a social animal and is never satisfied in the exhort to achieve more and sometimes he may follow the wrong path which might lead to its decline. It is therefore mandatory in the present day scenario to have a healthy competition in every aspect of life for us to surpass others and fulfill our desires by proper methods. Competition can be in any form and from any level rising from a will to succeed in a schoolboy to an individual becoming a prime minister

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    Mark Twain’s purpose in “Corn-Pone Opinions” is to inform the reader that it is human nature to conform to the rest of society. According to Twain‚”self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. The result is conformity.” (Twain 720). While humans provide opinions‚ many of them are based from the association with others. Twain claims that it is a basic human instinct to receive approval‚ mostly that of others. In his essay‚ Twain is attempting to persuade the reader to stop conforming

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    For instance‚ in an image taken by Timothy A. Clary‚ before a nationalization ceremony takes place‚ the citizens that are to become American citizens are each given hand-held American flags. An act of conformity is being displayed because new immigrants are being encouraged to strictly support America‚ since the American flag only represents the country of America. Similarly‚ immigrants view the force to support America as‚ "...someone who is willing to

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    Mussolini vs. Hitler The rise of fascism in Italy was fueled by the bitter disappointed of the people over the failure to win large territorial gains at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. To more and more Italians‚ their current government‚ which was democratic at the time‚ seemed to be doing little to nothing to help the country’s problems‚ which included rising inflation and unemployment. In Germany‚ America stopped loans in 1924 and the German economy collapsed. Not knowing what to do‚ Germans

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    Conformity v.s Individuality: The Middle Seekers It is often said that people today try to fit in the crowd. Also known as conformists. Those people do not understand that there other people out there that want to be themselves also known as individualists. The general argument made by the author of the article‚ “Individuality and Social Conformity --- Thoreau’s View‚” Henry David Thoreau believes that human beings should be self-reliant and live a simple life. Thoreau points out how men are losing

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    Have you ever thought about speaking up in a meeting and then decided against it because you did not want to appear unsupportive of the group’s efforts? If so‚ you have probably been a victim of "Groupthink". Irving Lester Janis (26 May 1918 - 15 November 1990) was a research psychologist at Yale University and most famous for his theory of "groupthink" which described the systematic errors made by groups when taking collective decisions(Wikipedia).Janis described “groupthink” as “a mode of thinking

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