Outline and Evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey It has been found by Milgram that people obey for four main reasons these are; legitimate authority‚ the momentum of compliance‚ the agentic shift and passivity. The first reason that Milgram found that people obey is because people feel like they have to obey someone if they have a high social status or a highly respected job‚ this is called legitimate authority. Bickman (1974) supported this theory by doing an experiment on the
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The article “The Adopted Black Baby‚ and the White One Who Replaced Her” by John Eligon talks about the life of Ms. Smith and Ms. Roost who switched parents when they were just newborn babies. The reason for this situation was the fact that Ms.Smith was a dark skin baby and the couple that adopted her were white. It is later explained that Ms.Roost‚ the baby that replace Ms. Smith‚ searched for Ms.Smith to find out what happened to her after she was sent away. The author clearly emphasizes this
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point in physically and mentally restoring yourself for the tasks ahead. Most people say that about eight hours of sleep is an adequate amount‚ however it differs from person to person depending on their sex‚ age‚ and health conditions. An estimated one-third of the population suffers from some form of insomnia. "In recent studies‚ a survey reported that 30% of American women and 20% of American men took medication to help them sleep during the course of a year" ("Insomnia"). The medications these
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birth of one of her children (1650) Anne is the narrator‚ she wrote this poem to her husband‚ who is supposed to be the reader. She starts the poem with saying ”All thins within this fading world hath end” and goes on in the same line for the next three sentences‚ I think it is obvious to me that she means correctly‚ that no matter what‚ everything will eventually die. A few lines later in the poem‚ it is very clear that Anne express her concern‚ that she might die giving birth to one of her children
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allow machines to send information in a matter of seconds‚ regulate ground and air traffic‚ guide missiles‚ and can perform any human task‚ but what if machines are create more like humans in the near future. Would we welcome them into society as one of the guys ’ or would we discriminate their kind? The excerpt on Machine Consciousness by William Lycan argues the points for and against the human acceptance of an intelligent machine. To answer philosophical statements and questions on machine
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the following: 1. Teacher Factor This simply means that a teacher has an effect on how a student grows or understands Math itself. There are times that if a student doesn’t like his/her teacher in Mathematics‚ he/she will not study well. His/her desire to learn new things is just suddenly fading. But if a student likes his/her teacher in Math‚ he/she will participate in class and is eager to know more. 2. Past generations/ older years or levels Students from the previous year/level can affect the mentality
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1 Critical Review No. 2: His Brain‚ Her Brain Abstract As Larry Cahill ’s article “His Brain‚ Her Brain”‚ points out there has been data showing a vast “...array of structural‚ chemical and functional variations” between the sexes; but does size matter? Lawrence Summers‚ former President of Harvard‚ thought so. Men ’s brains are 13% larger than women ’s brains‚ but does that really make them more advanced in math‚ physics and science? There are other anatomical variations and some of these
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cloud. My body feels like one of a new born baby. I can smell the distinctive smell of disease odors around me. I hear the walking of footsteps and the incessant beeps of monitors. I hear the cries of people who lost their loved ones. I notice white lighting enforcing its shine on my face‚ as I try to remember how to open my eyes. I manage to open them up and I realize I am lying in a hospital in Switzerland. A doctor rushes over to me and calls me by the name Robert Clarke. He examines my face which
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Arthur C. Clarke deals with faith. Clarke defines faith as having belief and trust in God with strong conviction. Clarke believes that one must have faith not only during blissful times‚ such as during the time of creation‚ but also during time of anguish‚ such as when destruction occurs. God "created" when a star flew over Bethlehem‚ just as God destroyed a star‚ the Phoenix Nebula‚ and its surrounding planets including any life that may have lived there. God does not have to justify His actions to
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PRINCIPLES GOVERNING CONSCIENCE 1. A certain and true conscience must always be followed Our appropriate faculty that tells us of our moral duties and obligations The voice of God in us leading us to His will and plan 2. The invincibly erroneous conscience must be followed‚ the same as certain conscience which is right Even if erroneous it proposes something good or bad as a moral obligation and will of God; To disobey it is to disobey what is subjectively believed as a moral duty – a
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