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    “People obey authority out of respect‚ while they obey power out of fear.” Power and authority are interpreted in many different ways. Authority is respected and recognized‚ where as power is used to exploit and manipulate situations simply to gain control or sway judgments. In some scenarios‚ power and authority are essentially indistinguishable‚ in others; one is taken advantage of by the other to dominate. E.g. Power may use authority to gain control and respect. I do not agree with this

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    Authority Authority can be hurtful. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ people have different authorities: Egeus can arrange Hermia’s life‚ Oberon can order all of the fairies to do his will‚ and Theseus can rule Athens. Although having authority is good‚ sometimes it could also cause losses‚ make people self-righteous and neglect others. In this play‚ Egeus‚ as a father‚ has the authority to “decide her [Hermia] fate” (I: i: 44)‚ but for this reason Egeus loses Hermia. Egeus

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    on what is the correct thing to do in this situation. There are three types of social influence - conformity - compliance - obedience Conformity Conformity involves developing attitudes‚ opinions‚ and behaviors to match the attitudes of a specific group. Most people conform to the standard values‚ also called norms‚ of many groups without stress and often without even knowing

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    COMPUTER VIRUSES AND “FALSE AUTHORITY SYNDROME” 4TH EDITION © 1995‚97 ROB ROSENBERGER; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. INTERNET E-MAIL: us@kumite.com WORLD WIDE WEB: http://www.kumite.com/myths ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................................................1 Copyright notice & distribution policies .................................................................................................

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    discuss respecting authority figures. Therapist informed individual that she was told by teacher that individual was very disrespectful due to individual talked back‚ left his seat without permission‚ and did not comply with requests given by his teacher. Individual states other students in class was talking also and did not get in trouble. Therapist and individual discussed and practiced responsibility and decision-making skills to avoid talking back and disrespecting authority figures. Individual

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    MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY ESSAY 10/06/06 RADEN DAVIS Explain the relationship between discipline and obedience from the Montessori perspective and discuss how discipline and obedience are linked to the development of the will. The word ‘discipline’ has a harsh connotation in today’s society. It conveys images of strict teachers with canes and authoritarian figures laying down the law. It is something enforced by external forces and maintained by fear of repercussions or punishment. But this kind

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    Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 Written by: Brenno Damota Government Period 3 Tennessee Valley Authority Act How it Began... Signed by President Roosevelt on May 18‚1993.‚ it was created as a federal corporation to provide assistance in navigation‚ flood control‚ electricity generation‚ fertilizer manufacturing‚ and economic development in the Tennessee valley region right after the Great Depression. Not only did it tackle important problems like the ones listed above

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    LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Role and Authority Women Have in Ministry A Research Paper Submitted to Dr. Michael D. Stallard in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the course‚ THEO 592 SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY II 201220 Spring 2012 THEO 530-B19 LUO By John Theodore Zachariah Student ID# 20004547 Lynchburg‚ Virginia March 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction …..……………………………………………………….……………………….1 Prominent Women in the New Testament ………………….

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    Power and Authority in Dead Poets Society The film Dead Poets Society (1989) directed by Peter Weir and written by Tom Schulman is an inspirational story of seven teenage boys who attend the private school Welton Academy for Boys. The young men face the challenge to defy the schools’ strict and traditional disciplines‚ led by the role model of their English teacher Mr Keating. Many of the boy’s face the tough challenge of living with the school and Headmaster Nolan’s strictness and Neil Perry faces

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    Since humans began to form societies‚ mankind has always chased authority and power. The same situation can be observed in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a novel which shows its audience that under circumstances where no authority figure is present it is human nature to develop like forms of societies that exist in the 21st century. The situation and course of events directly relate to the time period in which Golding wrote his masterpiece. In his novel‚ William Golding portrays the story of

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