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    Clipping File: Conformity

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    11/15/2012 Clipping File: Conformity What is the influence of other group member’s opinions on the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors of an individual. What if we are not sure how to act in a certain situation. As stated in the text "we know other people conform‚ we underestimate the extent to which we can be induced to follow the group" (Aronson‚ p.23‚2012). Groups have influence on ambiguous and unambiguous situations. In an individualistic culture‚ such as that of the US‚ conformity connotes something

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    the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you‚ stand up and be counted at any cost.” (Thomas J. Watson). Conformity and Propaganda can cause the minds of many to change for the worse over a course of time. The power of words and propaganda have the remarkable power to compel people to commit acts of cruelty.You are viewed as a threat if you do not conform to society. Conformity also leads a false message in life as it’s pressed into people’s minds as conformity tries to strive

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    Consumerism In The 1950's

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    The 1950s was an exciting time for many‚ the war was over and the economy began to flourish once more. Men were back home and ready to work and women were back to doing their womanly duties again (cooking and cleaning) this reflected the social position of the women following the war. The 1950s was all about family and being home and the clothing changed because of it. Women were back at home no longer needing to work and wearing clothing that would prevent them from doing anything but womanly tasks

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    Stuart Mill Conformity

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    perspective discouraged forced conformity and promoted the misfit. Furthermore‚ Mill argued that individual liberty is necessary to obtain progress in society.3 This concept remains relevant to the world we see today because‚ without deviants such as Brenda Berkman and Autherine Lucy‚ society would stagnate. In the essay Of Individuality‚ published by Mill in 1869‚ the theorist asserted that the modern age has the capacity to diminish the individual by shaming them into conformity. Contrarily‚ regarding

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    INFLUENCES OF CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE Influences of Conformity and Obedience Adrienne Alexander PSYCH 555 Dr. Jay Greiner Applications of Social Psychology •         Make connections between social psychology and other disciplines. Social psychology is closely related to three other disciplines: personality psychology‚ organizational psychology‚ and sociology (social work is sometimes confused with social psychology

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    Conformity Vs individuality. Though many struggle to be there own person. Many struggle to decide things on there own.We are all different‚ but most of us are the same‚ because of conformity. Conformity is the easy way of things. Following the leader is the natural way of humans. For an example take Germany during World War II. There was little hate towards Jew or Jipsys or the mentally disabled but because one man was such a persuasive and strong leader a whole country conformed to killing millions

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    Montag and causes him to rethink what he is doing in burning books. After his talks with her‚ the society’s obedience to the law that bans knowledge‚ thinking‚ and creativity also increasingly distresses him. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury shows conformity in the futuristic America through schooling‚ leisure‚ and fright. The children in the society are never actually taught during school hours. Captain Beatty‚ another firefighter‚ tells Montag that the schools " Cram them full of non-combustible

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    acquired through socialization‚ society encompasses and shapes an individual at an extremely young age. In the context of a controlled environment such as the mental institution‚ this leaves the patients within the novel especially vulnerable to conformity. Harding’s acceptance of the unjust power dynamics within the ward is a splendid example of the lethargy present. "This world... belongs to the strong‚ my friend! …. We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world.” (Kesey 54-55) He doesn’t

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    Essay # 1 Conformity

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    Society should utilize larger levels of conformity and dependency in schools because it helps to prepare students for the real world and society. You must learn your place in schools and in society to be accepted as part of society. Compulsory schooling doesn’t teach children‚ but instead teaches them to conform to society. (Gatto‚ John‚ "The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher." Reading Life: A Writer’s Reader‚ Boston‚ MA: Publisher’s Design and Production Services‚ 2005. Pgs. 362-371.) An example of this

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    Annie Dillard Conformity

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    portrays her mother’s view of society and the individuals within it. Her mother lived by the philosophy of “Torpid conformity was a kind of sin; it was stupidity itself”. With this statement‚ Dillard’s mother expresses how she believes it is outright stupid and wrong for people to follow what everyone else does instead of having their own opinion. Many of those who follow torpid conformity do not share their voice or develop their own individual personality in society. Personally‚ I have experienced

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