Unit: Conformity and Obedience Produce a written description/evaluation of Sherif’s (1935) and Asch’s (1956) studies of conformity‚ with an emphasis on the reasons why people conformed in the experiments. Conformity is defined by Aronson (1988‚ cited in Psychology for A Level‚ pg. 43) as ‘a change in a persons behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people. Sherif’s (1935) study of the autokinetic effect‚ which was an optical illusion‚ is
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assignment I will be comparing and contrasting the terms conformity and obedience. I will also be answering the following questions: 1) Does research into conformity and obedience explain the horrors of war atrocities‚ such as The Holocaust‚ the Mi Lai Massacre in Vietnam or the abuse suffered by Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison? 2) Does research into independent behavior suggest these atrocities could be averted in future conflicts? Conformity is a form of social influence in which a current state
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ultimately‚ people yearn to be just right. According to social psychology‚ conformity causes people to yield such behavior and to act according to other’s behavior. For example‚ within the African American culture‚ the return of natural hair styles‚ which constitutes afros‚ kinky curls and many other hairstyles that does require the use of processing or straightening chemicals‚ have strongly promoted conformity. It has promoted conformity so strongly‚ that I have even begun to wear natural hair styles because
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Dannicah S. Blk 2.3 Rebellion of 1837 After learning about the rebellion of 1837 and constantly taking notes‚ I realized the rebellion was not successful in overturning the government but it did unite both Upper and Lower Canada together. This was able to take away any differences of the two cultures‚ English and French. The impact did not happen immediately as intended though. In fact it caused the government to get back at the reformers and concentrate more on their punishment such as transportation
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Classifying the Americans “We want rights‚ we want rights.” People in america after the war would protest against the government.Such protest is known as shay’s rebellion. They were controversial for some people. Although Many people and documents state Shay’s rebellion are reckless rebels‚ Nevertheless they should be seen and recognized as freedom fighters because‚ they stood up for others‚ they aimed to help their country‚ and kept the gov’t aware of the needs of the country. To demonstrate
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Jamie Aragon English 12 B-2 17 March 2005 Sexual Rebellion The First Lady‚ Abigail Adams‚ once stated‚ “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies‚ we are determined to foment a rebellion‚ and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice‚ or representation” (BrainyQuote). This statement was intended for rebellion regarding the rights of women‚ however rebellion is rebellion. Due to this stand led by Adams and other women‚ the females in society today
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follows a leader or crowd‚ it is called conformity. Themes relating to conformity are found in the short stories‚ “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury and “The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher. In Ray Bradbury’s story‚ a group of children in a school
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Evaluate research on conformity making reference to 2 studies (22 marks) Conformity is the tendency to adjust one’s thoughts‚ feelings or behaviour in ways that are in agreement with those of a particular individual or group‚ or with accepted standards about how a person should behave in specific situations (social norms). It is also the key ways that a society or culture passes down its values or behaviours to its peers through an indirect form of social influence. Deusch and Gerald (1995) first
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Blake Naba April 26‚ 2017 Mrs. Schroder English IV Rebellion in an Politically Oppressed Society When a government has full control of their people‚ a slew of rules will follow that may inspire political upheaval if those being control are not in favor of the rules. Many things inspire rebellion‚ though many back down in the face of adversity‚ do not gain enough of a following‚ or are not meticulous enough when it comes to planning to rebel. In 1984‚ a totalitarian government controls everything
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’The Asch Studies’ were a series of experiments designed to test humans’ tendency for conformity. Asch’s work was a direct response to the work of Sherif‚ although Sherif was technically studying the process of norm formation in new groups. The reason why Asch wanted to improve on Sherif’s work is that he believed that Sherif only achieved the results he did due to the ambiguity of the task; in other words‚ the participants had no idea what the correct answer was and so considered their best bet
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