Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and D-503 in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s ‘We’. Both Zamyatin and Atwood depict a society wherein one must surrender their individualism for the greater good. In both novels‚ a catastrophic event has led to a society in which deindividuation has become the norm‚ enforced by a faceless‚ omnipotent body. According to
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ACM Digital Library In the ACM Digital Library an article called “Survey of Computational Methods in Cyberbullying Research” was chosen to be reviewed. It was published in 2016 by Homa Hosseinmardi‚ regarding to the topic of cyberbullying. The reason for choosing this article is that it is recent and relates to the given topic of cyberbullying. The benefit of it being published recently means that the information is not likely to be outdated and still target many problems we face today. This article
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Elaicha Garcia Dr. Sepulveda Annotated Bibliography 18th September 2014 Understanding the causes of Road Rage Yakovlev‚ Pavel‚ and Arzu Sen. "What Drives Road Rage?" Atlantic Economic Journal 36.3 (2008): 361-362. Business Source Complete. Web. 4 Sept. 2014. The author of this academic journal explains a survey that was conducted for the second year in a row about the topic on road rage. It discusses various demographic‚ geographic and economic of people that were taken from the U.S Census Bureau
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It is known that humans are social beings and with that comes the complexity of human interaction in societies. In all societies‚ there exists social influences that are known as conformity and obedience. These are traits that can be encountered in almost all societies. Both obedience and conformity involve social influence and have the ability to encourage an individual to engage in a certain behaviour. This can be done with or without the recipient of the social influence being aware that he or
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Internet Trolling serious problem or new kind of sport? Trolling is a real plague of the internet. Seen everywhere‚ trolls engage flame wars‚ vandalise Facebook walls and do many more unpleasant things. People‚ who want to fight with it seek its cause in excess of freedom in the internet and propose restricting it. Is it the right way with dealing with internet trolling? I do not think so. By examining a few cases of trolling I have drawn a conclusion‚ that although internet anonymity is a beginning factor responsible for trolling
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game as a problem solving phenomenon: An outcome maximization interpretation. Simulation and Games‚ 6‚ 366-391. Festinger‚ L. (1954). A theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations‚ 7‚ 117-140. Johnson‚ R.D.‚ & Downing‚ L.L. (1979). Deindividuation and valence of cues: Effects on pro-social and anti-social behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology‚ 37‚ 1532-1538. Lavery‚ T.A.‚ Franz‚ T.M.‚ Winquist‚ J.R.‚ & Larson‚ J.R.‚ Jr. (1999). The role of information exchange in predicting
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Study |Change |Effect to results | | |Loftus & Palmer |Get p’s to observe staged but “real” accident. 2. Higher ecological validity – accounts for variables|More accurate estimates of speed | | |such as emotional response to situation. 3. Harder to replicate so lower reliability. 4. Not all may |Less Ps reporting broken glass | |
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Deindividuation is the loss of ones sense of identity and is generally brought on by being part of a majority group of hiding behind a uniform or a mask. This theory believes that the loss of one’s identity leads to a lack of inhibitions and therefore a change in normal standards of behaviour. There have been questions raised as to the validity of the de-individuation theory and whether it can be used to explain group behaviour. This essay will explore the support and criticisms of the de-individuation
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Conformity Conformity is a major theme in Fight Club‚ and there are a number of specific scenes that display the rejection of it and characters falling victim to it‚ sometimes unbeknownst to them. The Narrator‚ our main character‚ is a complex individual. He fits into almost every textbook example of social psychology. He is a complete nutcase. In fact‚ he is so incredibly insane‚ that he creates an imaginary friend with whom he transforms himself into a different person‚ free from the bonds of
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Properties of Human Mind: Malleable Con-artists‚ grifters‚ and two-faced people change their personality at will to get what they want; however‚ there are many external influences in this world that cause people to change their true behavior without ever realizing it. In the book Lord Of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ the stranded children begin to demonstrate the manipulative mindset of a human being that alter their behavior. In the story‚ a group of young boys‚ ages varying from 5-12 years‚
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