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    The 1950’s 1 Running Head: THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF THE 1950S The Political Climate of the 1950s Natasha C. Stewart History 145 Robin Greenberg M.A. April 11‚ 2005 The 1950s 2 With the dropping of the Atomic bomb that ended WWII and the beginning of the Cold War‚ there was an irony of stability and turmoil in the United States. The start of the 1950s brought about many changes‚ from the Red Scare and threat of the possible spread of communism in America‚ to changes

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    Peña‚ Karl Lenin C. Conformity based on Filipino Socio Cultural Values through Social Networking Site Objectives 1. To observe conformity based on Filipino socio cultural values through social networking site‚ specifically facebook. 2. To relate identification‚ peer pressure and interest as Filipino socio cultural values on conformity. Introduction On this activity‚ the experimenter is trying to conduct a social experiment about Conformity based on Filipino Socio cultural

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    “We are half ruined by conformity‚ but we should be wholly ruined without it.” The words spoken by Charles Dudley Warner couldn’t be any more true as conformity has become as common as going to sleep after a long day of work. Throughout time people have always had different opinions on conformity. Back in the time of the Ancient Greeks‚ a playwright named Sophocles based one of his plays on the topic of conformity. The play was called Antigone and was based on a girl with a royal background who purposely

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    CioConformity obedience and authority Conformity basically means compliance with common practices Compliance means doing what other people in our social standing do in our daily lives. Most people‚ in most social groups‚ conform in everyday things like speech‚ dress codes‚ eating habits etc. This kind of conformity is known as ‘’Social control’’- the numerous pressure as individuals grow turns them from babies into members of our society. The main agencies of social control are the family‚ the

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    religion‚ theory of ideology‚ analysis of the capitalist system etc. In this essay‚ we will deal with his contribution to the study of social development or the materialist conception of history. Marx put forward his conception of historical materialism for the first time in German Ideology in 1845-6. He believed that it was the material world or the mode of production which determines the consciousness of men & the ‘social‚ political‚ and spiritual processes of life’. According to him‚ the mode

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    Conformity and Obedience The desire to be accepted and belong to a group is an undeniable human need. But how does this need affect an individual? Social psychologists have conducted numerous experiments and concluded that‚ through various forms of social influence‚ groups can change their members ’ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior. In her essay "Group Minds‚" Doris Lessing discusses our paradoxical ability to call ourselves individuals and our inability to realize that groups define

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    The Battle of Conformity In literature‚ there are four main types of conflicts: man vs. man‚ man vs. nature‚ man vs. society and‚ the toughest one of them all‚ man vs. himself. In the novels The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ both of the main characters have large conflicts with themselves. They battle with their conscience to figure out what’s right and what’s wrong. “So [they] beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past”

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    pressured by many people to return to his old conservative and conforming self‚ but he refuses. In order to keep his liberal views‚ he must continue to be unrecognized and rejected‚ but can he? Does he have the strength to withstand the demands for conformity? If he is like the majority of people in Zenith‚ he will not. Sinclair Lewis has the ability to capture the essence of Zenith businessmen with their words. His use of slang words such as "frinstance"

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    The 1950s family

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    Thesis (The 1950’s family acts the symbol of happiness‚ togetherness and supports) Introduction Considering the painting of the Norman Rockwell Freedom from want and the photo from Donna Reed Show‚ it gives me the idea that the 1950’s family value still appeal to Americans and other nations and I will write my essay and support it based on my readings and life experiences. As the upper-middle-class housewife Donna when you critically see the Photo from Donna Reed Show it reflect some points

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    remember your cowardice reason for acting as you did? The vast majority of people will recall saying‚ "Everybody is doing it" – a sentence that is one of the worst four-word combinations in the English language. (Acknowledge/greet audience) Conformity involves the changing of one’s attitudes‚ opinions‚ or behaviours to match those of the ‘norms’. The "norms"‚ established by society‚ are what we should or ought to be thinking‚ feeling‚ or doing if we wish to be accepted into a group. This desire

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