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    there are individuals who conformed and those who don’t conform. In America the first amendment was passed to protect our freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Everyone is born with a voice‚ that could change the world for better or worse. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”- John F. kennedy. People who conform are usually thralled. They’re manipulated into thinking how a nonconformist leader wants them to think. Fear leads to silence and silence leads to deaths. “The

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    Conformity and Group Influence & Persuasion and Culture Define: Conformity is the act/need of fitting in with a group and many factors are involved when an individual’s choose to conform to the group. A culture has certain beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors that are acceptable for that certain culture and persuasion intersects that by looking at an individual’s culture and apply those beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors in his/her argument to more effectively persuaded the audience. Develop: When

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    studies of crime meanwhile criminal justice focuses on the scientific study of the decision making process‚ operations. Criminal justice also focuses on justice related issues‚ like the effectiveness of police‚ courts and corrections systems. 2. consensus model of law- This criminal justice model defines criminal behavior as deviant acts. “Society” will come together to pass laws to prevent deviant behavior‚ these laws will change as a reflection of society. An example would be the laws created to

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    of a look‚ a way of thinking‚ a religion‚ or any facet of our personalities that may not conform to whatever is the norm or the accepted at a given time. When this is the case‚ we sometimes feel forced to change‚ thus we are susceptible to blind conformity. Although many might believe that they are striving for individuality‚ I believe that the term “individuality” just comes down to semantics and that there is not a realistic way out of becoming one of society’s members‚ or “eaters”. The fact

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    follower. Nonconformity enables society to be diverse in a way that reveals each individual’s originality. It allows others to feel comfortable to express their uniqueness and to be conspicuous in society. It is a bad idea for individuals to follow conformity for many reasons. Being a nonconformist may catch other people’s attention because you stand out from everyone else. Let’s say you go to a private school that requires you to wear uniforms. One day‚ you decide to wear just a regular t-shirt

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    Social and Political Conformity in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Throughout history ideas such as social conformity and political correctness have been highly apparent in most societies. This has slowly and more recently became a problem that many individuals worldwide struggle with. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 speaks a large amount about what Bradbury feels governmental censorship could ultimately lead to. Creativity and originality play a major role in propelling society forward and is the main

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    Fahrenheit 451 “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”. Fahrenheit 451 shows what kind of people there are in this world and giving you an example of both. The conformity in this story is clearly shown by the people and their actions. To start off‚ there was two kind of people in the the novel. There was people like Mildred and‚ also some people like Clarrisse. Mildred would be a true example of a conformist‚ one reason is she was attached to the technology that the government

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    An example of this is: Solomon Asch’s study on conformity. Asch showed a group of people a line on a card (the target line) and then asked them aloud to identify which line (A‚ B‚ or C) matched the original. The answer was always obvious and the true participant always answered last or second last after the confederates had given their answer. The confederates were instructed to give the wrong answer 12 out of 18 trials (known as the critical trials). This meant that the participant had to choose

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    So many people take social conformity for granted that not many bother to find out why it is such a powerful phenomenon and why so many people submit to this force without any resistance. In ants and termite colonies the entire unit composed of thousands of individual ants or termites act as one unit and there is hardly any individual variation. The queen ant or termite spreads a chemical oozing out of her body through the entire assembly of ants and termites and that shared chemical bond somehow

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    B04 Wong Lap Jack A0126596U Convergence or Coincidence??? Evolutionary convergence is the process by which unrelated or distantly related organisms of different lineages evolve similar smorphology‚ organs‚ and adaptations‚ but that were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups. Evolutionary convergence involving unrelated organisms living in similar environments but in different places or even in different environments. Similar or different environments have several challenges

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