In “Opinions and Social Pressure” by Solomon E. Asch‚ he claims that under group pressure‚ a subject 75% out of 123 participants agreed with the majority of the group. Asch demonstrated an experiment of 8 college student males for a psychological experiment on comparing the length of lines. He orchestrated everyone except 1 person to purposely answer the questions incorrectly‚ to see if that 1 person would continue independently with the correct answer or agree with the majority of the group. At
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authority corresponds to the common belief that respecting authority and obeying them will lead you to success in all aspects of life. Obedience is not defined to specific situations and its context can be portrayed in various ways. For example‚ Erich Fromm writes in his essay‚ “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem; “Human history began with an act of disobedience‚ and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of disobedience.” This statement suggests that everything which
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“Ashputtle”‚ a cousin story to the famous Cinderella written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm‚ is a fairytale about a young woman whose mother dies and whose father remarries an oppressive woman dubbed “stepmother” whom Fromm would characterise as an irrational authoritaty figure. Ashputtle‚ following her humanistic conscience‚ after a series of events finds herself in a position to start her life anew with the handsome prince of the land. There are several key relationships in “Ashputtle” that play different
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Upon reading Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving‚ I gained a better understanding of what love really is. Fromm’s book puts love into perspective. He begins with several facts with regards to the attitude in which people treat love. They are the problems of how to be loved‚ the object to love as well as the confusion between the initial experience of falling in love and the permanent state of being in love‚ which had a great impact on me‚ as far as thinking about what love is. Strangers meet‚ they
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Analyzing biological and humanistic Billy Ocean Week 3 PSY/250 Dr. James University of phoenix AGUC0909A Many people have different theories when approaching personality‚ some think its biological and others think it’s humanistic. In this essay I will be describing the biological approach to personality and the factors that influence the formation of personality. I will also be discussing Maslow hierarchy of needs and examine the relationship of biological factors and Maslow
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ancient times believed that the power of knowledge would free us and create a utopian world free of pain. Fromm elaborates that we seek groups and obey because there is protection‚ forgiveness‚ comfort‚ and other artificial hedonistic pleasures (624). In order to go against the grain of herd mentality‚ a person must be a “fully developed individual” with the capacity to think and feel for himself (Fromm 624). Essentially‚ we must leave behind the age of immaturity and cultivate a society directed towards
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The Art of Loving In Erich Fromm’s novel‚ The Art of Loving‚ the author tackles the task of defining what exactly is meant by the word love and what it means to love someone. He begins by presenting his theories on love and how they apply to the different areas and aspects of life. He then explains how these theories should be applied. The author’s account is very convincing and gives readers a clear understanding of what exactly love is and how they should use his explanation in developing their
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Fear of Disobeying Leads to Genocide Obedience‚ as well as disobedience‚ has been ingrained in our culture since the beginning of time‚ so it is no surprise that so many people obeyed Hitler and killed millions of Jewish people. In the Christian religion disobedience is viewed as bad and obedience as good. In the story of Adam and Eve‚ they disobeyed God by eating from the tree of knowledge and were exiled from Eden. In the story of Noah‚ he obeyed God and Noah and his family were rewarded and
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Bibliography: Antioch‚ John D. “Spotlight on Israel:.” The Future of the Global Muslim Population. Pew Research Centre‚ 27 Jan. 2011. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. <http://www.pewforum.org/future-of-the-global-muslim-population-regional-middle-east.aspx>. Fromm‚ Erich. "Afterword." 1984. Paris: Gallimard‚ 1950. N. pag. Print. Haqqani‚ Husain. “Why Muslims Always Blame the West.” NY Times‚ 16 Oct. 2004. Web. 9 Feb. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/opinion/15iht-edhaqqani.html?_r=0>. Karam‚ Ghassan
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Bibliography: Fromm‚ Erich. Art of Loving. Harper & Brothers‚ 1956. p 42-58 Marion Garretty. http://thinkexist.com. 2012. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/mother_love_is_the_fuel_that_enables_a_normal/338089.html (дата обращения: 06 November 2012 г.). ----------------------- [1] Marion Garretty. http://thinkexist.com. 2012. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/mother_love_is_the_fuel_that_enables_a_normal/338089.html (accessed November 06‚ 2012). [2] Fromm‚ Erich. Art of Loving. Harper & Brotherࠀࠖࠗࠦࣴࣻਔਞ੭ૈ૧ௐ௰ధృౄs
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