1984: Government’s Attempt to Control The Mind and Bodies of Its Citizens The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is an American classic which explores the human mind when it comes to power‚ corruption‚ control‚ and the ultimate utopian society. Orwell indirectly proposes that power given to the government will ultimately become corrupt and they will attempt to force all to conform to their one set standard. He also sets forth the idea that the corrupted government will attempt to
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that otherwise good (or at least not actively bad) people can do bad‚ indeed evil things and that this can be explained by the situation in which the acts took place. In 1971 Zimbardo conducted the "Stanford prison experiment" in which students enacted the roles of prison guards and prisoners - the results so traumatised Zimbardo that supposedly he never gave the experiment the complete write-up he intended to. Many years later he acted as an expert witness for the defense of one of the soldiers in
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Zimbardo Experiment Thoughts The prison experiment discussed in this video involves a group of male college students who were later spilt into two completely different roles‚ prisoners and guards. This experiment‚ done in Stanford University‚ was supposed to last two weeks‚ but only lasted about four to the duress and severity the “prisoners” were put through. Dr. Zimbardo conducted the experiment in such a manner where everything was realistic; they formed a mock prison in the basement of a
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Warning‚ Love George Orwell. George Orwell once said that “writing a novel is agony”; however as excruciating as it may have been for him to write it (probably since he was so ill at the time)‚ 1984 stands to be one of the greatest examples of dystopian literature read today. It is a strong novel that draws on concepts like totalitarianism‚ class and caste systems‚ rebellion and many other concepts that seem far off from the society that exists today. On the contrary‚ Orwell himself states that
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To investigate how readily people would conform to the roles of guard and prisoner. Participants: 21 males from over 70 volunteers were chosen and paid $15 for each day. Students were randomly assigned to play a different role. Procedure: Zimbardo converted the basement of the Stanford Psychology building into a mock prison. Advertised for students to play either a role of prison guard or prisoner for 2 weeks. Guards were also issued a khaki uniform‚ together with whistles‚ handcuffs and
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1984: The Control of Reality for Control of the Masses 3 KEY POINTS: 1. The Party Controls History 2. The Party Controls the Conditions of Human Psychology 3. The Party Controls god. How The Party Controls Reality: How does the party controls history? How does it affect the present? How does scarcity affect human psychology? What role does Big Brother play? Outline: Introduction: State Topics: The Party Controls
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‘The Nazis tried to control every aspect of life -including the mind’ Do you agree? In this essay I am going to be discussing my opinion on the statement‚ ‘The Nazis tried to control every aspect of life including the mind’. I am going to include aspects such as: Family life‚ jobs‚ education‚ leisure time‚ and socialisation‚ by countering factors such as mind control and behaviour control. I am going to start with ways in which I agree that they were trying to control the mind. They used 3 main areas
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Mind Control or Freedom Spring 2013 Final Exam The final is not cumulative Chapters 2-5‚ 7‚ 9. No supplemental readings. Nothing on reactance. 1. “Pure persuasion”: Intentional‚ measured by its effectiveness. Obvious clear cases of persuasion. Relies on language and symbolic action. Involves two or more people. Noncoercive. 2. What is the relationship of persuasion to coercion: Coercion is the practice of forcing another party to act in an involuntary manner by use of threats or intimidation
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Zimbardo. Zimbardo experiment was one of the most interesting experiments conducted and it was well known that a movie was released in 2009 based on this study. In his Stanford Corrections Experiment Zimbardo goals was to show the psychological effects of prison on people. Also‚ how prison guards and offenders’ behaviors can change through the roles they play. In addition‚ Zimbardo wanted to find out “what happened when all of the individuality
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Stanly Milgram’s and Philip Zimbardo’s had similar results‚ both showing how humans obey authority. Milgram studied obedient on authority. Zimbardo studied why guards and prisoner play that role in prison. The Milgram and Zimbardo experiments showed how humans are so obedient that we are capable of hurting innocent people if ordered to do so. The study of obedience‚ conducted by Milgram‚ was to test how the subject would obey when ordered by the experimenter to adminater a shock to another human
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