Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation‚ people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are in an autonomous state when taking their responsibility but move into an agentic state when passing this responsibility to an authoritative figure; this shift in
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Introduction Understanding the need to develop organisation behaviour within organisations seems like something of a taboo subject until you understand the depth of the subject. If we view the organisation as an iceberg‚ above the water one can see goals‚ structure‚ Rules‚ technology and procedures. But under the water‚ the part of the organisation that is unseen there are values‚ feelings‚ attitudes‚ perception‚ group norms‚ informal interactions‚ belifs and assumption. Fig 1.1The organisational
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Raw by Scott Monk Study Guide – The Australian Experience Carragh Byrne-Smith English Standard – Year 11 Ms. Barwick 2013 Raw by Scott Monk Mandatory Tasks Study Creative Process – Language and structure Read the transcript of the interview with Scott Monk. Make notes on: What inspired him to write the story? What influenced him in choosing the setting for the story? What techniques did he use throughout the novel‚ List these and provide an example of each. When Scott Monk
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“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Those with the power become corrupted‚ but so does the people under their authority. The Animal Farm novel portrays exactly how this takes place. Leaders may start off with the best of intentions but they often become power hungry and corrupt‚ resorting to all kinds of evilness in order to maintain their new status. For example‚ the idea of Animalism‚ first created by Old Major‚ in itself is a bright vision. It is only after Old Major’s
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An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann was a determined and caring man who was passionate when it came to his beliefs. However‚ Stockmann was also an idealist who was rather naive when it came to reality. As the Medical Advisor of the baths‚ he wanted to expose the truth of the hazards that the baths presented before any more people became ill. He fought with the fervor of a true patriot‚ but was accused of trying to sabotage the hometown that he was fighting for and was condemned as
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confront the local authority figures who he thought had slighted him and his wife. He uses his education and language to portray the officers as the villains and wrong-doers in front of a crowd of people. When he is arrested and brought before the Chief of the Investigation Bureau‚ he continues the tirade he was not allowed to finish on the street. He also interrupts the one person who had real control over his freedom and proceeds to use his education as a verbal weapon against the authority figure. Even
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childhood. Having a low IQ‚ Forrest had to deal with many different obstacles that a person of average intelligence would not experience‚ Forrest was faced with verbal abuse from many of the people that he interacted with including his peers‚ authority figures‚ and strangers. One of the most common phrases in the movie "Are you crazy? Or just plain stupid?" demonstrates that society views him as stupid. When Forrest was a child‚ he was told that he needed to wear leg braces due to his back being
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Discuss the role of the Ratcatcher in this extract and elsewhere in the play. The play ‘Kindertransport’ written by Diane Samuels rotates immensely around the Ratcatcher. The Ratcatcher’s role in this extract and the whole play can be interpreted in many ways. The given extract begins with Helga reluctantly agreeing to read ‘The Ratcatcher’ as a bedtime story to Eva. The reasons for Helga’s reluctance remain ambiguous as the play proceeds with Helga reading the book simultaneous to Faith who is
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our past. The definition of power is “the possession of control or command over others; authority” this is presented through the film although its more intense then just control‚ in Mississippi burning the control that the white community holds over the black one is so strong that the black people are so powerless they don’t even know how to defend themselves when their life’s are in danger. The authority figures of the town have a very deranged mind set‚ and abuse their power by doing disgraceful
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Sojourner uses diction build a connection between her and the people listening‚ by using the word ‘children’. This may have been used intentionally to make them feel as they were listening to a motherly or kind‚ gentle‚ authority figure. By putting herself in a place of authority in a non- threatening manner‚ she made the audience more likely to trust and respect her arguments and opinion. Her first major argument is that as a woman‚
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