Pygmalion Effect: Good People Doing Bad Things “Mother of two kills man who earlier hurt children.” Reports like these are seen every day. These headlines often leave people thinking‚ “Why do good people sometimes do bad things?” This question has everyone from scientists to citizens wondering. The Pygmalion and Golem effects help answer this. These self-fulfilling prophecies tell why people do certain things to meet the standards of others. When faced with pressure‚ their reputation on the line
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It was simply unusual and I refused to be dragged into this mess‚ I directed him to the easiest way out. Not bothering to be confused as to why or whom he was running from‚ because it was not curiosity who killed the cat‚ it was plain stupidness that had stabbed and ribbed the cat’s heart right from it’s chest. When we reached the large grey door several minutes later‚ he had let go of
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To what extent should people embrace nationalism and how acceptable should it be until it becomes destructive? These two questions may have come in many minds of philosophers including the great Albert Einstein who once quoted‚ “Nationalism is an infantile disease‚ it is the measles of mankind.” He strongly believed that nationalism should not be embraced for it is infamous for the destruction it has caused on the society and is responsible for the childish idiosyncrasy embedded in the human
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Why people do academic cheating Nowadays‚ academic cheating has become a prevalent phenomenon‚ and this behavior includes activities ranging from turning in the same paper in more than one class‚ to plagiarism‚ to copying from another student’s test and so on. The factors that play a major role in this phenomenon are listed as follows: the inability to reach an agreement on what constitutes academic cheating‚ the benefits to conduct academic cheating‚ and the probability to be caught in academic
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1. Why did people push west? There are many reasons the pushed people to head west. The fist reason was that the land was rare in the east‚ especially in New England were it became overpopulated. Land was productive and expensive in the Mid-Atlantic States. Also‚ farmers in the south held the best lands. In addition‚ the need to move west was the highest in the slave states because small farmers could not stand against slave labor. Finally‚ the land in the west was rich and abundant‚ accessible and
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“[p]eople of every gender‚ race‚ culture and socioeconomic group”1. (The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.) Majority of Gang member are young adolescences that lack parental supervision‚ I believe that with an increase in supervision there would be a decrease in young children joining gangs and gang activity. According to Marcus Hoover‚ “In the United
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On average over 100‚000 people are killed by guns in murders‚ assaults‚ police intervention and accidents ("Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."). Many people say that it isn’t the guns that kill people‚ it’s people‚ but this is incorrect because if people didn’t posses guns they wouldn’t be able to murder people in a simple quick way. The debate on the second amendment and gun control laws has been going on for the past couple decades in the United States. Recently deadly mass shooting have
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the United States alone‚ about thirteen million people aged twelve and over have used methamphetamine. Reasons why people choose to use this drug range from fitting in with their friends to staying awake and alert in situations. While meth does provide bursts of energy to stay alert‚ a few days later the user will most likely crash and sleep for days unless they take more of the drug. Although meth is illegal in most places‚ that does not stop people from trying to purchase it since its ban in 1970
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physiologist Arnold Adolph Berthold and Dr. Leopold Ruzicka‚ steroids have been advancing athlete’s physical performance. When people hear the word Steroids‚ the automatic response is always negative. As well as illegal‚ steroids are still being used even with all the restrictions and that it is banned. Coupled with words like juicing‚ freak‚ meathead‚ and monster is used to describe people using steroids. Positive results have resulted from steroids including their impact on bodybuilding‚ baseball‚ and the
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question: do people do good deeds because of religious reasons or because humans are naturally good? The Puritans were part the colonial period‚ were extremely religious and hardworking‚ and believed that people do good deeds out of fear of an angry God. However‚ the Humanists‚ who were part of the revolutionary period‚ based their beliefs on logic and reason and believed that people do good deeds to make the world a better place and help their fellow man. In most instances‚ people do good deeds
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