Dismissing your own individual opinions to reach group consensus‚ now that’s negative peer pressure! Peer pressure will always be a problem and can affect anyone. I say that because no matter where you’re from or who you are‚ peer pressure is lurking about. Anytime you’re pressured to do something and your conscience is telling you not to do it‚ and you follow through with the task anyway‚ that is dismissing your opinion just to please other group members. Not wanting to be ostracized by others is
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In the future‚ when your children ask you what you have done in life that you feel must most of proud of. What will you answer be? In my life‚ I overcame many obstacles‚ achieved more success and had defeats. Up to now‚ I do not care about what I do best. Once‚ my children asked me what I have done in life that I feel must most of proud of‚ I recognized that I have not thought about it before. But I know some things that I never forget and I always feel proud of it because I did it well. That is
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article "Group Mind" by Doris Lessing was about people wanting to be in groups. A group is several people with a common interest. Being in a group gives us a sense of belonging; people out there being just like us. Lessing says; "We tend to think the way the group does: may even joined the group to find "like minded" people" (Lessing 357). This is because if we see other people in the world that are like us‚ then we will feel more wanted. Lessing sets up an experiment to prove her point. Most people
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GROUP MINDS: HARD DEAL INFORMATION The Essay” Group Minds” was written by Doris Lessing. In it‚ she argues that the government retains “hard information” about human actions/behaviour from schools to keep people submissive. “We (the human race) are now in possession of a great deal of hard information about ourselves‚ but we do not use it to improve our institutions and therefore our lives. (266)” This is information that will set people free from “blind loyalties‚
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In “Group Minds” by Doris Lessing‚ she makes a point of acknowledging how individuals will violate their own common sense‚ and moral codes in order to be accepted by their peers‚ and argues why we as a society can’t apply this knowledge to explain how people could be cautious of group pressures. Doris Lessing has been called “the best female novelist” post war era; since 1959‚ she has written over twenty works of fiction‚ and has received numerous amounts of scholarly attention. Lessing continuously
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Which of the following is the most important to you when choosing a living place? (1) living in a place that is not expensive; (2) living close to relatives; (3) living in an area with many shops and restaurants 368 There are many factors you have to consider when you choose a living place. Which is the most important for you: rent‚ closing to relatives or a location with a lot shops and restaurants? To my perspective‚ convenience is the priority when pickingI pick up a place to live. First‚ living
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Group Minds is a very interesting and informative piece. Author Doris Lessing does a very good job trying to inform people about what is wrong with groups changing your opinion‚ and the idea that we do not use the information we have to improve ourselves. She offers a lot of good information‚ including an experiment that adds to her opinion about social groups. The author does a really good job getting her point across throughout the paper. "When were in a group‚ we tend to think as that group
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Group working or cooperative learning M.Ramez Behrad Professor Mrs. Baher Research Dec‚ 01/ 12/ 2012 Thesis statement: Group working makes the environment of learning better by providing students more confidence and increases interactions among students. Outline: Introduction: a. Importance of English language b. Problems in English classes c. Suggested solution Background information a. Definition of group working b. feathers of group working Differences of studying
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evaluating your current situation‚ are you extremely in debt and barely making ends meet? Then financial planning can seem to be a waste of time‚ however‚ if you ever want to correct your current situation‚ financial planning is the key. Next‚ it’s time to
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Introduction How to build a successful team is always a concern. This article is written to describe three important factors in group process which are cohesiveness‚ communication and conflict and how they benefit individuals in their master program and future career. Hackman (1987) thought group processes represent interactions that take place among team members‚ or team members and tasks. Hill (2011) addressed that decision-making‚ participation‚ influence‚ and conflict are four aspects of
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