Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation‚ people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are in an autonomous state when taking their responsibility but move into an agentic state when passing this responsibility to an authoritative figure; this shift in
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Evaluate the consequences of modernization for Japan The modernisation of Japan was an all or none matter. Either every aspect of the country had to be modernized to some extent‚ or no single aspect could be modernized. The four main aspects of Japan’s modernisation were industrialisation‚ political modernisation‚ education reform and military development. These four aspects had severe political‚ economic and social consequences on Japan. Some of the main political‚ economic and social consequences
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Evaluate the functionalist theory of the family In this essay‚ I intend to analyse some of the theories behind the functionalist perspective of the family‚ it is my intention to look at two main theorists in this field‚ Murdock and Parsons. I to analyse their theories and give objective argument for the pros and cons of the functionalist family. I intend to break this down by looking at the theorists separately and then looking at arguments against the functionalist family. Sociology‚ second edition
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Outline and evaluate research into obedience (Milgram) Milgram carried out a series of studies to try to shed some light on the aspect of human behaviour. He studied a thousand participants who were representative of the general population. He discovered that under certain situational influences most of us would conform to what is needed to be done. His study of obedience was done in a lab in Yale University and the experimenter wore a long grey coat which reinforced his authority and status. Then
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Change Management The initial attitude towards resistance is one of negativity. It is usually viewed as a burden to management when related to change in that particular environment due to the possible conflict it may cause‚ and the perhaps negative change that it may result in‚ therefore portraying them as a bad manager. The immediate harmony of a company in the short term is always the easier choice for management‚ avoiding resistance‚ which is the function of a variety of social factors including
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Evaluate possible economic policies‚ other than increasing the age limit‚ that a government might use to reduce significantly the consumption of alcoholic drinks. The market mechanism should allocate scarce resources to maximise consumer welfare. Alcohol is an example of a demerit good. A demerit good is one which is overprovided by the market mechanism. Apart from alcohol‚ drugs and prostitution are also examples of demerit goods. Consumption of these goods produces large negative externalities
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Influence and Persuasion Critical Thinking (Influence‚ Science and Practice) Chapter 1 1. Suppose you were an attorney representing a woman who broke her leg in a department store and was suing the store for $100‚000 in damages. Knowing only what you know about perceptual contrast‚ what could you do during the trial to make the jury see $100‚000 as a reasonable‚ even small‚ award? * Research for similar cases with the same injury but with settlements far greater than $100‚000. The
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we’re other problem they had. The article “Different is just different” by Suzanna Fisher Staples having to learn about other cultures fosters more peace in the world by teaching us not to fear differences but to become more compassionate people. Social media the news put the more important pieces before what happens to it all‚ different does not mean better or worse it just means different‚ women and poverty having them learn to make money. Being different can show one another that we all are equal
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Journal of Change Management‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 3‚ 193-215‚ September 2004 . j l\ Influence of participation in strategic change: resistance‚ organizational commitment and change goal achievement RUNE LINES Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration‚ Norway ABSTRACT Participation in strategic change processes is frequently assumed to have a number of positive consequences for decision quality‚ affective responses to change and success of strategic change implementation
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Evaluate Freud’s psychodynamic theory. The godfather of psychology .as he has often been termed. Perhaps he was in his time. Sigmund Freud. Born in Freiberg‚ Morovia‚ to a poor family in the year 1856. His mother was 21 at the time of his birth‚ his father was 20 years her senior. Attitudes towards sex and women were very different at this time. Sex was very much taboo‚ women were treated as second class and children had no rights. Extreme double standards were normal‚ rich men would happily
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