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    5‚ describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. Chapter five‚ it describes a range of social influences on people’s behaviour. In this essay I will look at how groups influence people both in the positive and negative sense. I will describe how group pressure and the ‘in groups’ and ‘out groups’‚ and conformity influence people in their daily lives. Group pressure is the demand by group members that individuals in the group conform to the group behaviours or standards

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    how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways The way that groups can influence people in positive and negative ways varies due to different factors. The factors include individual involved‚ situation and group that the person is involved with. Group pressure plays a big role in influence and can often cause someone to do something that they wouldn’t normally do. I will discuss the positive and negative influences and different roles within this essay. Roles and groups can

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    Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. We as people have many different roles within our life‚ these roles serve many different purposes. We also we find we belong to different groups in which we play our different roles‚ this makes up our social identity. It is these groups that can have a negative or a positive effect on ourselves. We can be part of the “in group” or the “out group” depending on somebody’s experience of the membership of that group‚ sometimes

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    Two Ways To Belong To America Hundreds of immigrants each year come to this country for many different reasons. Some risk their lives and travel thousands of miles on foot and car just to find a job in this country‚ because in their country there is no work or money! Or possibly for the somewhat more fortunate ones that do have a job‚ they are only getting paid about two dollars if that! Others come in order to follow up with their education and try to create a better lifestyle than the ones

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    The way someone is raised will be the way they view others and the different pieces of society.There are some key factors that change your view on society and that is Culture!    In the personal essay “Ethnic Hash” by Patric J. Williams mentions how a variety of things determine how you see the world around you. In the story Patric says “habits‚customs‚and common traits of the social group by which I have been guided in life.” Williams. This shows all the different things of life that can change

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    BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first appeared

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    who the person and is and how the see and view things differently from other people in different cultures Every culture sees things differently‚ they all have a different perspective or a point of view that makes things abnormal to them.Culture tremendously impacts/influences the way they see others and the world. Culture is a part of a person that shapes them and gives them a point of view on how they see other people and the world.In the short story Everyday Use it is a good example of culture

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    Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Carers(Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 Together these legislations formed the fundamental rights and freedom of an individual. These affect the rights of everyday life of an individual including what they can say and do‚ their beliefs‚ right not to be tortured and right to a fair trial. These rights have limits to ensure that other people’s rights are upheld. 1.2‚ Evaluate agreed ways of working that relate to rights and choices

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    Two Ways to Belong in America by Bharati Mukherjee In “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Mukherjee talks about the struggles of two sisters adjusting to foreign culture. Mukherjee and her sister‚ Mira‚ have opposing views on citizenship to non-native countries. Mukherjee shares her story with effective use of language to make it unique‚ as well as relatable to other foreigners to a new country. Her neutral tone makes the story special‚ especially considering the context of the story. Usually‚

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