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    Busca Margherita 12-09-12 Conformity in a non-ambiguous situation (Asch‚ 1951) The Asch paradigm is an experimental technique‚ which is now note because of the many studies and experiments that Solomon Asch did for his conformity studies. The purpose of this study is basically proving weather the people say what they really think or just conform with other people’s answers. He tricked the participants who thought they were taking part to a study of visual perception then‚ Asch made them

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    Midterm Essay How are bystanders portrayed in literature and film (use two examples)? Are they judged negatively or given a pass by the authors or directors? In the several films and books that we have reviewed up to this point in the class‚ we can see that there a many people had their own opinion concerning the Holocaust and the tragic events that took during that epic period in history. Once Hitler had achieved influential level of control over the government‚ no one could have predicted that

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    Having Conformity can be beneficial in many ways .One way is safety‚because the rules we follow are to keep us safe .In the novel “The Giver” it states the “community was too safe”.Another reason would be sameness‚ because being the same keeps us safe and it is fair for everyone.An example of this would be “The Giver” it tells us “The children all received their bicycles until they were nines.”(pg.13)This would keep the younger children safe from bike accidents and would be fair for all nines.The

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    They were bystanders. Germans and Europeans who lived through the Holocaust label themselves as bystanders‚ even though the world denotes a passivity and indifference shown during the mass persecution of the Jewish population and demonstrates an attempt to avoid taking responsibility for the violence that occured

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    great ease in following the crowd that trudges down one road‚ there is a tremendous loss at the finish line‚ prepared to greet those who lack an original mindset. The practice of conformity functions as a security blanket‚ almost forcing members of society to cling on to what is safe and known‚ an unfortunate side-effect of being concealed in a culture that’s continuously rejecting new perspective. After all‚ what is new does not necessarily line up with what is socially acceptable. Consequently‚

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    concept that the liberty of the people is restricted because of the socially expected conformation to customs‚ beliefs and opinions‚ and attitudes that are accepted by the majority as the right way of thinking (Morasch‚ 2016). Resistance to the conformity results in renowned shame and exclusion from the majority people‚ making the revolter an outcast. John Mill was a strong proponent of individualism‚ stressed the importance of an eccentric life and believed that unique people are necessary for prosperity

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    that are misunderstood and the people that are different live by this quote. They believe that conformity is identity loss because they can’t be who you really are. Don’t blend into the world that surrounds. Don’t become a faceless average Joe. People should let their colors shine for everyone to see. Having individuality is great. Coco Chanel‚ Aerie clothing company‚ and Lady Gaga all show conformity is boring and people‚ or companies‚ shouldn’t follow the social trends of the time and find a new

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    Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing In the article “Bystander Psychology” by Maia Szalavitz‚ the main idea was that people choose to stay out of situations‚ even ones involving crime and abuse‚ because of human nature. Research has been done regarding human psychology; people in a crowd would most likely avoid getting involved with the assumption that other people in that same crowd would jump in for them. This given mindset will make it so that the situation at hand does

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    above 3.2 million students are victims to bullying each year. Bullies are worse than bystanders. There could be many reasons students are bullied. One of the principle reasons is that the victim is weaker than the bully in any way. The reason someone might become a bully is because they either have something happening to them in their personal lives or they were bullied. Bullies are so much worse than bystanders because bullies cause their victims depression and might cause them to commit suicide

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    I believe that personally‚ I could explain the four steps of bystander intervention to my chapter‚ so they understand what to do under unwanted circumstances. The first step of bystander behavior is the person noticing the event happening. Second‚ the event must be interpreted as a real problem. When explaining this to my members‚ I think that the first two steps are self-explanatory

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