1.5 Rational Radicalism..............Why Do People Become Terrorists? Most studies of the causes of Islamism offer a grievance based explanation implicitly rooted in functionalist social psychology accounts of mass behaviour‚ which view collective action as derived from exogenous structural strains that create individual frustration and motivation for deviant social behaviour. Structural strains such as modernization‚ industrialization‚ economic crisis cause psychological discomfort which in turn
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TERM PAPER: WHY DO FEMALES JOIN GANGS (US) INTRODUCTION There is no apparent definition for the word “gang” but according to the oxford dictionary the term “gang” is referred to as ‘a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely‚ often exclusively‚ for certain social reasons‚ especially such groups engage themselves in delinquent or felonious behaviors’. Most at times when we think of gang members we think boys. Right? Do we ever think of
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The Encyclopedia illustrates a gang as being an organized group of criminals or a group of children or youth from the same neighborhood‚ who gather together and who may or may not participate in criminal activities. Gangs have been existing since the seventeenth century and till this day gang participation is rising‚ it is one of the nation’s fastest growing problems within recent history. Several people assume that the reason why minors join gangs is because they don’t have a family encouraging them
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College is a place that people have wanted to go since we were young. It has always been that goal that people always consider to be one of the milestones in life where you actually have a big fork in the road. Thinking about it‚ many have found these associations of higher learning necessary for those who pursue more desirable futures. Many try their best to get into better colleges to get better education‚ but with the constant incline of tuition fees‚ it is hard for some families to send their
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Conformists fulfill the expectations of society and behave in a way that’s socially acceptable.Conformity is a social influence that makes people believe they have to act a certain way to fit in with a group. However‚ being a conformist also has flaws due to the fact that one is not independent and is typically just a follower. Nonconformity enables society to be diverse in a way that reveals each individual’s originality. It allows others to feel comfortable to express their uniqueness and to be
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Why do people conform and obey? Psychology Essay 4 Essay: Why do people conform and obey? In psychological terms‚ conformity refers to an individual`s urge to follow the rules or behaviours of a social group to which he belongs. Psychologists have put forward many theories to find out why people conform and obey and have completed studies to confirm their ideas. In this essay I will explain why people conform and obey. An important experiment demonstrating under which circumstances people
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Many teenagers join gangs because they want to “earn money either to help their parents” (Hoover 20) or just to keep it for themselves. Joining a gang is easier than getting a job which is one reason why teens join gangs. Other teenagers join gangs because it runs in the family. Their family members may be in a gang which made they join a gang. This happens because they want to follow their family’s footsteps. They just think that they should be involved in what their family is involved in. They
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1 WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE VITAMINS? Why Do People Take Vitamins? Tanya Goodden Thammasat University Author Note ID: 5306643xxx Business English Communication Program‚ Thammasat University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Tanya Goodden‚ Business English Communication Program‚ Thammasat University‚ Thailand. E-mail: xxx@hotmail.com EB 333 2 WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE VITAMINS? Abstract This research was performed to determine the main factor that influences people‟s
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“Why Do People Get Tattoos?” Many people today get tattoos for different reasons‚ some being for their own personal reasons‚ and some being for the cultural and social prospectus around them. Men‚ women‚ and even young people today have different types of tattoos that have many different meanings. Miliann Kang and Katherine Jones write about different people and their tattoos. For young people‚ a general reason for getting a tattoo is because
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"Why do people resort to violence?" "Who shot me? You punks didn’t finish; now you’re about to feel the wrath of a menace‚ I hit em’ up." A quote from late Tupac Shakur and most young men’s anthem and golden rule they live by. Each factor of a person’s life or make up can affect and be affected by another factor. Peer pressure‚ drugs and alcohol‚ lack of intelligence‚ negligence in the home‚ revenge‚ and abuse can cause psychological problems. When the accumulation of negative factors
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