Bolante‚ Rhanne S. HUMANITIES BSN I- 01 FILM REACTION PAPER Title: Dead Poets Society Summary/ Main Idea: Neil Perry‚ Todd Anderson‚ Knox Overstreet‚ Charlie Dalton‚ Richard Cameron‚ Steven Meeks‚ and Gerard Pitts are senior students of the Welton Academy‚ an elite prep school‚ whose ethos is defined by the headmaster Gale Nolan as "tradition‚ honor‚ discipline and excellence". The teaching methods of their new English teacher‚ John Keating are unorthodox by Welton standards‚ taking them
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Question: Is conformity ‘liberating’ or ‘enslaving’? Discuss with reference to the influence of groups‚ group behavior‚ etc. Conformity as a means of enslaving or liberating is an issue which is relatively practical and can be experienced or observed in many societal forums. This paper will seek to examine the concepts of conformity‚ analyzing its effects with the aid of research based data‚ observations and my own experiences. Before any proper analysis could be done‚ a functional‚ working
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Cambridge dictionary‚ conformity is a behaviour that follows the usual standards that are expected by a group or society. Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behaviour in order to fit in with a group (McLeod‚ 2008). Taken from a social psychology textbook‚ conformity is the term used for the convergence of individuals’ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviour towards a group’s norms (Mackie & Smith‚ 2007). From the three definitions above‚ conformity‚ when put into simpler
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Conformity is seen everywhere throughout life. People conform when they are trying to pick which restaurant to go to‚ or which movie to see. People conform all the time without even being conscious about doing it. Conformity affects a school-age child’s educational experiences. Although the negatives outweigh the positives there is some positives of conformity. In society normal is just seen as acceptable‚ people who conform do not run the risk of being excluded or bullied by their peers. Conformity
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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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why people conform and the factors that make them more likely to conform. Conformity is defined as “a form of social influence in which a person yields to group pressure in the absence of any explicit order or request from another person to comply‚ as in the Asch experiment” (Colman‚ or Dictionary of Psychology‚ 2009). Conformity encompasses majority and minority influence. Kelman (1958) proposed three types of conformity for influence of a majority; Compliance‚ internalisation and identification
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Conformity Student Name: Student Number: Course Code: Instructor: 16th March‚ 2013 The psychological concept of conformity refers to a shift in thought or character due to external influence - real or imagined. More often than not‚ people find themselves believing that since more people are doing some things‚ then they also should. This may not necessarily be good‚ but a lot of times‚ we find it hard to resist flowing with the crowd. In other
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individuals‚ which is good because it is essential to the cultivation of the self. A basic problem that Mill sees with society is that individual spontaneity is not respected as having any good in itself‚ and is not seen as essential to well-being. Mills writes that in early stages of society‚ it is possible that there could be too much individuality. People become more valuable to themselves
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Conformity By definition conformity is a change in behaviour or belief as a result of real or imagined group; it is synonymous to agreement. It is not just acting as other people act‚ but it is also being affected by how they act. It means that you might even think differently from the way you would‚ if you were alone. Conformity could be both good and bad‚ it depends on the situation. If it leads to someone to drive drunk or take part in a racist actions then without any doubt it is definitely
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Conformity is the compliance with standards‚ rules‚ or laws. Nonconformity is the opposite. A conformist is a person who follows the rules and does not break the status quo. A nonconformist refuses to follow the normal ideals put forth by society. Each individual person will have different opinions on conformity and nonconformity. Society is not a big fan of people who do not follow the rules. The world is full of authority figures who enforce the rules or laws. Whether it is a police officer enforcing
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