Eliza Janica Fisher College Social Psychology May 26‚ 2012 Conformity To Cult Behavior In the early 1960s‚ psychologists in the United States interviewed several U.S. soldiers and American Prisoners of War returning home from combat against North Korea. Their main focus in particular were on those who had suffered an extreme change in their personality. These young soldiers had experienced being brainwashed under the communists. Psychologist have later realized that people involved in cults
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Matteo Mancuso Mr. Girardo HSB4M April 22 2013 Conformity and Alienation: Gambling Turning 18 brings on many new responsibilities and it also allows for more fun and freedoms. It also means that the purchasing of lottery tickets and/or scratch cards is legal. When it comes to the topic of gambling‚ I would have to say that I will probably conform and actively participate in the act of gambling by the purchasing of scratch cards when I turn 18. I want to conform willingly because it seems
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In Pleasantville‚ everything is perfect. Breakfast is served every morning before school‚ supper is hot on the table after work. Kids are all good kids and the parents don’t have to worry. In modern day‚ this is very different‚ you make your own food‚ you sometimes get breakfast before school‚ girls are slutty and that’s not a bad thing now. Women have more freedom and everyone has responsibilities. The lives are very different‚ but some similarities would surprise you. In my opinion‚ the differences
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Opinions and Social Pressure In “Opinions and Social Pressure “(Solomon E. Asch)‚ author shows that: Group pressure can Influence an Individual to deny the evidence of their own senses. The author supports the main Idea ‚ by using experimental studies with individuals and showing that when put in group settings and asked to answer questions‚ which make their answers the minority answer. In the first study seven to nine college students gathered for a “psychological experiment”. The
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obeying them and committing horrific acts. Obedience is the process by which an individual complies with the instruction given by an authoritative figure. It is different to conformity which is when an individual changes their behaviour to fit in with a group. In obedience an instruction must be given to follow whereas in conformity there is no instructions given and individual chooses to change due to group pressure. It is important to conduct research into obedience
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choice to obey the unjust decree makes her the conformist. Ismene believes that they should just “give into the law” because “the law is strong.” Antigone disobeys out of loyalty to her brother even though she knows she will be punished for her non-conformity. Ismene is a coward and even though she conforms in the beginning‚ it does not stop Creon from making her guilty by association. In Antigone‚ both Antigone and Haemon commit suicide. Like her mother Antigone hangs herself‚ and at the sight of her
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"People don’t talk about anything...and nobody says anything different from anyone else" This quote‚ from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ demonstrates how this fictional society had no individuality‚ yet they expressed no disprovement of the conformity. To be so simple minded as this civilization was would have eventually lead to self-destruction. To support my theory‚ recall in the novel when the old lady chose to commit suicide because she did not have freedom. She felt that even though she was
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According to Asch’s experience‚ people tend to yield to group pressure. The experience showed that people would change their behavior to go along with the group. In the experiment‚ Asch showed the participant three lines of different length and the fourth line asking them which one from the three lines most closely resembled the fourth line in length (OpenStax College‚ 2015). There were confederates in the group giving the wrong answer. Asch found that the only one true naive participant was likely
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and insight has always required a leap of faith. While there is a great ease in following the crowd that trudges down one road‚ there is a tremendous loss at the finish line‚ prepared to greet those who lack an original mindset. The practice of conformity functions as a security blanket‚ almost forcing members of society to cling on to what is safe and known‚ an unfortunate side-effect of being concealed in a culture that’s continuously rejecting new perspective. After all‚ what is new does not necessarily
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