On 10/25/2015 at approximately 1609 hours at the address listed above. I was assigned as the Tower 34 floor officer. As I was conducting a security walk in Tower 34 A-Pod‚ cell 8 Inmate Quintero‚ Cesar T221902 was standing at the back wall facing the wall with his cellmate Inmate Gonzalez‚ Yadhir T217188. I asked Inmate Quintero and Inmate Gonzalez what they were doing; Inmate Quintero stated “Nothing.” Inmate Quintero and Inmate Gonzalez then walked out of the cell. At that time I searched cell
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Conformism is a topic that appears to be fascinating in the research world due its ability to influence the decision making process. The author mentions that conformism was not well known or studied until the 1950’s when Solomon Asch conducted a study. The author refers to conformism as an individual’s skewed decision making due to the societal norms of the particular group. Societal norms are the implied beliefs and rules of a group. The author offers the views of society and psychologists when
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Throughout time obedience and the ability to follow commands has played an important role in the social and political aspects of societies. Most societies are based on sets of rules which are meant to be obeyed and are instituted by an authority figure which is at the top of a certain social class. However‚ in The Art of War Sun Tzu states that disobedience is necessary and of greater value within a culture‚ an empire or a society. This is as a consequence of the relationship between a general and
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Every person has a routine that’s followed daily‚ whether that’s buying an overpriced coffee or keeping up with dental hygiene it’s a continuous routine. If routine is broken‚ this may cause a minor bump in a schedule or could put lives in danger. In the military‚ soldiers go through continuous trainings learning one essential idea‚ to follow orders. If orders aren’t followed‚ there’s the possibility of putting their life or someone else’s at risk. In the movie A Few Good Men‚ Colonel Jessup (Jack
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The premise of the film is a revered and distinguished Army general has pled guilty to disobeying orders‚ from the President. He is sent to a military prison to serve his sentence. General Irwin‚ meets the warden of the prison‚ Colonel Winter‚ who he ultimately discovers is cruel and murderous. Even though the inmates of the prison are criminals‚ they are also military personnel and still possess a self-respect and discipline. Which is against the warden’s wishes‚ the General helps institute a rank
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In the article entitled “Think for Yourself: The Danger of Blind Obedience‚” Michael Hess discusses the tendency that people have to follow rules without thinking of the implications of their actions – or inaction. Particularly‚ Hess discusses this type of conformity within the confines of business settings. He uses an example of an emergency dispatcher‚ who’s employer prohibited her from performing CPR or offering similar help to those in need. She denied help to a woman who had stopped breathing
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The Milgram experiment demonstrated that people have been socially conditioned to follow instructions by an authoritarian figure. The participants in the Milgram experiment are pressured and almost verbally forced into continuing to deliver shocks to other participants for giving false answers. They had falsely been told the experiment was to determine the influence of punishment on memory. The results showed that 65%
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The Milgram Study was carried out by Stanley Milgram. Stanley Milgram was working at Yale University as a psychologist. He conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. Milgram selected participants for his experiments by advertising his experiment through the newspaper to participate in his study. He chosen men that ranged from the ages of 25 to 50 and chosen 40 men to participate who were unskilled workers. The objective for his experiment
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Tuskegee Experiment The study chosen is the Tuskegee experiment‚ which was an unethical study. The study is considered unethical because it is a symbol of medical misconduct and it also had a blatant disregard for human rights. The physicians who performed this experiment failed to obtain informed consent from their subjects‚ and the participants were only poor black Americans‚ which indicated that the selection of the subjects were not equitable. Earlier clinical research‚ such as the Tuskegee
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Milgram’s experiment is an experiment which is extremely controversial. Although many believe that this experiment was unethical‚ it was not. This experiment is thought to be unethical as individuals were hurt and there was lying and deceit involved. Therefore‚ many say that an experiment like this is unethical. Furthermore‚ besides for the students being injured‚ the teachers also did as they would develop psychological damage from what they did. Additionally‚ the fact that this experiment was done
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