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    Gordon W. Allport theorized in his selection titled “The Formation of In-Groups” that people inherently gravitate toward other people based on a variety of factors. Those factors lead to the formation of in-groups and out-groups. Allport goes on to postulate that one’s behavior is dictated and predicated by the in-groups that one is a member of. In addition to in-groups and the role that they play today‚ Allport discusses differing membership statuses‚ the fluidity of in-groups‚ reference groups

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    Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to test peoples’ obedience to authority figures. He wanted to see how many people would comply or resist commands by (an idea of) an authority figure. Milgram’s experiment began with two men about twenty to fifty years in age. The participants volunteered through an advertisement and a promise of $4.50 for their participation. One man would assume the role of the “teacher”‚ and the other would act as the “student”. Milgram then explained to them

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    Summary-Response Two In Erich Fromm’s "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” he develops notions based upon the relationship of obedience and disobedience‚ and the different aspects that interfere with a person’s choice to go against power‚ and the impact that history has made on the matter. He discusses how Adam and Eve’s choice is oftentimes viewed as a means of disobeying their creator‚ but he takes a contradictory approach to say that without disobedience‚ there would be no change

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    The Perils of Obedience by Stanley Milgram‚ was an experiment done on people to study the idea of obedience. However‚ a huge part in the research was the participant’s in the study had thought that the point of the experiment was how the learner’s responded to the given requests‚ not themselves. The experimenter has two participant’s given two pieces of paper to choose one from‚ both of the pieces of paper have ‘teacher’ written on them. The learner is actually a part of the research team to help

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    ‘How has social influence research helped us understand social change?’ Social influence can be defined as change in an individual’s attitudes‚ feelings‚ behaviours or thoughts that results from interaction with another individual or group. The majority can also influence individuals; this is when a large portion of an individual’s referent social group holds a particular attitude‚ it is usually then that the individual will adopt it as well. Social change refers to a major change in the social

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    Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. We as people have many different roles within our life‚ these roles serve many different purposes. We also we find we belong to different groups in which we play our different roles‚ this makes up our social identity. It is these groups that can have a negative or a positive effect on ourselves. We can be part of the “in group” or the “out group” depending on somebody’s experience of the membership of that group‚ sometimes

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    ordinary person is capable of evil acts and the Milgram‚ Ashe‚ and Stanford experiments can back up theories such as this. Milgram was as experiment that was made to demonstrate how people obey the orders of a superior in a situation in which the results were very interesting. The Ashe experiment served the purpose of showing how people give in to peer pressure in even non-complicated situations and results are important to society now. The Milgram experiment is by far the most significant experiment

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    protect themselves before protecting a stranger. Stanley Milgram put a study together to prove that Germans are more likely to be obedient to authority then American are. The study was called “If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‚ Would You? Probably.” Milgram explains the character aspects of why people listen to authority and why they afraid not to. Social structure and the organization of society have a powerful affect on people. Milgrams set out to New Haven to start the study ad later on

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    the truth of the original results. An example of replication being used in a study is Milgrams. An issue with Milgrams study was its ecological validity. His 1963 experiment was repeated numerous times. One of these replications was Sheridon and King; where they tested obedience on the puppies. Though this was only a replication of the method‚ not of the participants. Another example is Burger who replicated Milgrams findings in 2009‚ but he took into account the ethical issues and did not allow participants

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    January 28‚ 2014 English 1302 Blind Obedience The way society is depicted throughout Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is extremely unusual yet completely realistic. Humans have the tendency to be cruel towards outsiders and that is highly portrayed within the townspeople and the family that finds the angel. It’s difficult to accept what is different because it is taught that what is different must be wrong. Society listens to their leaders. How does one go about

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