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    1. Summary of the report: Qualified Opinion  In our opinion‚ except for the effects of the adjustments on the financial statements‚ if any‚ as mentioned in the preceeding paragraph‚ the financial statements have been properly drawn up in accordance with IFRS and the Companies Act‚ 1965 so as to give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group and of the Company as at 30 June 2009 and of their financial performance and the cash flows for the financial year then ended. This is

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    destructive obedience is not a consequence of moral weakness or an evil character; rather it is a response to a particular set of situational factors. Evaluate this statement. In order to evaluate this statement it is important to first understand what Milgram meant. This essay will first consider what is meant by destructive obedience and briefly look at Milgram’s work. It will then look at what is inferred by situational factors‚ focusing on conformity‚ socialisation‚ obedience to authority

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    Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ values‚ or behaviors to conform the group norms. Social groups affected include membership groups‚ in which individuals are "formally" members (such as political parties and trade unions)‚ or socialcliques in which membership is not clearly defined. A person affected by peer pressure may or may not want to belong to these groups. They may also recognizedissociative groups with

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    The Industrial Wheel Sports Opinion Wilson A. Aniano Changing the usual‚ creating a difference It is undeniable that this year’s Intramural activities of Eastern Visayas State University paved significant impact in molding various skills of students specifically in the field of sports but still some remained less participative in this annual undertaking of the institution. This is a perennial fact of forming negative habits that deserve serious due consideration. Based on observation

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    location. However‚ I realized that my definition of art might have been faulty. I realized art can be any product of creativity that was meant for one to observe visually and analyze. It was meant as a means of expression. The Parthenon‚ in my opinion‚ definitely falls into that category. In the reading Art and Experience in Classical Greece‚ I learn that the Parthenon incorporates different modes of art from architecture to sculpture deliberately for political‚ cultural‚ and religious purposes

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    Unit: Conformity and Obedience Produce a written description/evaluation of Sherif’s (1935) and Asch’s (1956) studies of conformity‚ with an emphasis on the reasons why people conformed in the experiments. Conformity is defined by Aronson (1988‚ cited in Psychology for A Level‚ pg. 43) as ‘a change in a persons behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people. Sherif’s (1935) study of the autokinetic effect‚ which was an optical illusion‚ is

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    Peer pressure I. We often hear about the dangers of peer pressure to teenagers. A. Teenagers take drugs‚ skip school‚ get drunk‚ or have sex because their friends do these things. Desperate to conform to their friends’ values‚ teens may give up their interests in school‚ in hobbies‚ and even in certain people. B. Teenagers may‚ first of all‚ lose or hide their interest in school in order to be like their friends. They adopt a negative attitude in which school is seen as a battlefield‚ with

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    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION "C’mon. Everyone’s doing it." So why shouldn’t you? It’s almost expected that you will experience peer pressure frequently throughout your teen years. Say you’re invited to a party where you know there will be alcohol or drugs. A friend decides to cut class. Someone offers you a cigarette. Or friends talk about having sex with their boyfriends or girlfriends. How do you respond? Are you tempted to follow their examples‚ or can you stand strong in your own belief system

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    Introduction Peer pressure is a social influence exerted on an individual by others in order to get that person to act or believe in a similar way. It is used by a social group‚ often with the implication that "everybody’s doing it." This influence can be negative or positive‚ with a successful result being a change in a person’s behavior. Nearly all children experience some form of peer pressure‚ whether at school‚ at church or at home among siblings. As a kind of social pressure‚ it dominates preteen

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    In the article “The Perils and Promises of Praise‚” Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck hypothesizes that praise for student’s endeavors encourages them‚ whereas‚ praising students for intelligence obscures the skills they can improve. Dweck insists that educators adjust the way they praise their student for the sake of present and future generation. Through research‚ Dweck came to the conclusion that different kinds of praise can affect how a student perceives themselves and how they do academically

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