in Cottam in our day-to-day group exercises‚ class activities and lectures. In particular‚ we have studied the imposing influence of authoritarian rule on personalities. In “the Wave” we saw a group of high school students empowered through fascism/authoritarian rule‚ mobilized by a larger ideal‚ take power. In the Stanford Prison Experiment we saw how authoritarian power corrupts‚ how even the most innocent of people can be driven to do horrendous acts. Lastly‚ the “Shipwreck exercise” we examined
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April 1‚ 2008‚ from Academic Search Premier database. Fromm‚ E. H. (1994). Escape From Freedom. New York: Henry Hold and Company. McLaughlin‚ N Baars‚ J.‚ & Scheepers‚ P. (1993‚ October). Theoretical and methodological foundations of the authoritarian personality. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences‚ 29(4)‚ 345-353. Retrieved May 4‚ 2008‚ from Academic Search Premier database. Kirman‚ J. M. (n.d.). A Value System for a Technological Society: The Ethical Factor. Retrieved April 15‚ 2008
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process also requires a long attention span and teaches you self-discipline to keep this. "The model for traditional dance pedagogy seems to be the authoritarian father in an individualistic world of every man for himself." (Stinson Pg 27) This statement made by Stinson I think identifies where we begin to see the negatives in the methods of authoritarian traditional dance education. I think Stinson describes traditional pedagogy as
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crime. Coming back to complying to an authoritarian figure out of fear and recognition of authority‚ her husband had one of two choices; he either could’ve spoken up‚ done something about it and got arrested or kept quiet‚ let him do what he knew was wrong and be let off with just a warning. Thinking that he would not win over an authority figure like the cop’s word‚ he didn’t say anything and let it happen. This situation brings up "The Authoritarian Personality" from one of the theories of prejudice
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Prejudice and discrimination Prejudice as defined by John E Farley is “that prejudice refers to a positive or a negative attitude or belief directed toward certain people based on their membership in a particular group. The root word of prejudice is pre-judge. It is a set of attitudes which causes‚ supports‚ or justifies discrimination”. (Farley‚ 2000‚ p18). There are three components of prejudice which describe the different elements associated with it. Affectual one’s inner feeling which
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In these days‚ there are various important factors that contribute to the development of prejudice and discrimination from the time we born. However‚ techniques for reducing the development of the attitudes and behaviors that spawn from such unfairness are way more attainable that humanity realizes. By understanding that discriminative behavior and prejudiced influences during early childhood‚ people can inhibit the crippling social effects of stereotypes‚ sexism‚ racism‚ and other false ideologies
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What is personality? Personality is partly reflected in what we do and say. For example‚ an optimistic person will work joyfully and speak about positive things while a pessimistic person will work sorrowfully and speak about negative things. Personality captures the central features of a person and it influences the person in different aspects of life such as work‚ marital life‚ studies and so on. Thus‚ people have interest to find out about themselves. In addition‚ this explains the reason of the
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The composition of human personality is the subject of innumerable theories. Each focuses on one or several particular aspects or dimensions of personality‚ but none appear to consider it in its full scope‚ depth and integrity. Some theories focus more on differences in type‚ others on the relative development of specific characteristics and competencies and still others on the dynamics of interaction between several psychological constructs such as Freud’s ego‚ super ego and id. A typological
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PERSONALITY TEST REACTION PAPER Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking‚ feeling and behaving. (http://www.apa.org/topics/personality/index.aspx) In this paper‚ I will be discuss my reactions to some personalities that define me as shown in my Edwards Personal Preference Schedule test results. My test results state that: “The student’s personality test results as shown by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule seem to show that she likes to talk
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1 1 of 55 PERSONALITY 2 2 of 55 Chapter outlines • Define Personality • Theories of Personality 1.Trait Theories 2.Psychoanalytic Theory 3.SocialCognitive Theories 4.Humanistic Theories • Personality tests • MBTI 3 of 55 2 questions • Why don’t people react in the same way to the same situation? • early life experiences • biological makeup • learning • Can we predict behavior? Does it depend on personality traits or on situation? • is personality assessment meaningful? 4 4 of 55
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