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    Differentiate Public Co. and pvt Co. 1. Short notes on a) Salomon vs Salomon b) Limited liability 3.    Differentiate a) Proprietorship b) Partnership c) Joint Stock Co.s _____________________________________________________________________ Private companies are auctioned off at the beginning of the game and are owned outright by the winner of these auctions. Private companies provide income for the owner. This will be individual players at the start of the game‚ but might be public

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    The Power of Conformity

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    The Power of Conformity Ryan Herlong Conformity refers to an individual’s behavior that is performed because of group pressure‚ even though that pressure might not involve a direct request. Many people want to think that they are conformist enough so that they are not looked upon as strange to others and nonconformist enough to demonstrate that they are capable of thinking by themselves. For many years‚ psychologists have been interested in human conformity. Usually

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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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    Social Conformity “The Eye of the Beholder” Sociology 101 October 14‚ 2013 Would individuals accept ridiculous or extreme practices in order to look like the idyllic person society tells us to identify with?  According to statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)‚ 14.6 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in the United States in 2012. 14.6 million people conform each year to what society defines as beauty. No one wants

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    practices‚ judgments‚ and beliefs. (Asch 306) In "Opinions and Social Pressure"‚ Solomon Asch examines how individuals tend to conform to a group or majority. He does this by explaining the results of his experiment that he devised to observe to what extent conformity occurs. In her essay titled "Group Minds"‚ Doris Lessing claims that as a society we have enough knowledge about conformity to do something about it‚ yet we choose not to. Although Doris Lessing and Solomon Asch both suggest that people desire

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    As a society we like to believe that conformity is about acting the way others do‚ following the crowd; but conformity is actually more complex than that. Conformity involves behaving and thinking differently from the way that you would usually behave and think if you were alone. According to Guandong & colleagues‚ “conformity is defined as a subject’s behavior or attitudes following those of the object. The subject is the individual who conforms. The object can be external or internal factors that

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    well as the readers own opinion of the authors’ work. In Stanley Milgram’s “The Perils of Obedience”‚ certain experiments were conducted on separate types of individuals. Milgram forces his subjects to administer shocks to a non-existent person on the other side of a wall. This experiment questions the obedience of individuals when put in a sadistic environment. On the other hand in Solomon E. Asch’s “Opinions and Social Pressure”‚ he gives a basic line reading test to a unanimous group versus his

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    Conformity and Obedience. In order to answer the question it is first necessary to define conformity and obedience. According to Woods‚ (2001 p. 107): ‘ We often adjust our actions or opinions so that they fit in well with those of other people. This is known as social conformity ......’ And Gross‚ (2001 pg.392) stated that: Obedience is affected by direction (from somebody in higher authority). This essay will explore circumstances in which we are likely to conform;

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    Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. This change is in response to real (involving the physical presence of others) or imagined (involving the pressure of social norms / expectations) group pressure. Conformity can also be simply defined as “yielding to group pressures” (Crutchfield‚ 1955). Group pressure may take different forms‚ for example bullying‚ persuasion‚ teasing‚ criticism etc. Conformity is also known

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    Conformity and Obedience

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    CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE * CONFORMITY * A change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure. – Meyer * is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. * can also be simply defined as “yielding to group pressures”. * is often used to indicate an agreement to the majority position‚ brought about either by * a desire to ‘fit in’ * or be liked (normative) * or because of a

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