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    Indifference is “strange and unnatural”‚ Indifference is “dusk and dawn”‚ Indifference is “crime and punishment”‚ Indifference is “cruelty and compassion”‚ Indifference is “good and evil.” Famous poet‚ and Holocaust survivor‚ Elie Wiesel in his speech‚ “The Perils of Indifference”‚ argues or claims that indifference is “A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness‚ dusk and dawn‚ crime and punishment‚ cruelty‚ and compassion‚ good and evil. He developed his claim by defining

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    Blind Obedience in The Yellow Wallpaper The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a fictionalized autobiographical story that illustrates the emotional deterioration of the female narrator who is also a wife and mother. The woman‚ who seemingly is suffering from post-partum depression‚ searches for some sort of peace in her male dominated world. She is given a “rest cure” from her husband/doctor‚ John‚ which requires strict bed rest and a prescribed forbidding from any mental stimulation

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    Just as genetic testing could be used by employers to spot genetic deficiencies in potential employees‚ it can also be used by insurance companies to screen clients to see if they are genetically prone to specific diseases. The use of such tests is already a reality for life insurance companies‚ which have been given access to genetic test results that indicate whether or not the policy recipient has the genes for Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease is of particular interest to life insurance

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    good behavior instead of scolding bad behaviour‚ it leads to a more obedient dog. A great way to making training sessions easier and to be a more complete trainer is to understand how a dog thinks‚ and understand their behavior. In the article “Obedience Training For Dogs” it is expressed that scolding a dog while training for not doing what is wanted can have negative effects on the dog; this can make the dog associate training with being harmed and lead the dog to be reluctant to training (para

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    Stanley Milgram’s (1963) Obedience study is widely known in the field of psychology. This study is particularly distinct because the findings of the study were surprising to public and ethical procedure of the study was controversial. Stanley Milgram (1963) conducted this particular experimented to examine the how far individuals obey an authority. His goal was to find an explanation of Natzi killings in World War II. He recruited male participants through newspaper advertising. The participants

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    misrepresentation. Deception is highly frowned upon within society as it involves actively misleading an individual or group. In psychology‚ multiple studies have used deception in order to attain information. One such example is the controversial Milgrams Obedience study. Likewise‚ deception‚ using different editorial methods in reality television is an important factor to try and retain viewers. However‚ this can have an adverse effect on society. As Albert Bandura (1977) has explained‚ humans learn through

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    To live in a world with no opposition‚ no opposing opinions‚ perfect obedience among citizens must exist. Creating laws that grant permission and forbid all other opinions can help lessen opposition. Also to avoid the problem of opposition one can provoke fear. The leaders in Anthem create a world that works as a single unit to completely cut out any chance of rebellion. The leaders set up a system that forces the brothers to work as a single unit. The work system works in a way where the Council

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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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    THE PERILS AND POLITICS IN A NATION (NIGERIA AS CASE STUDY) Preface The growing violence and tension in Nigeria in the recent era demand scholastic exploration to explain the phenomenon and also it could be used to elucidate the ‘tap-Roots’ of the Nigeria states of violence‚ terrorism in a democratic dispensation its impacts on the nation stability. These studies examine the underlying root causes of violence‚ which has recently turned into the act of terrorism in Nigeria. Drawing from these

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    The Three Levels of Obedience Julia B. Kulakowski Montessori Institute of San Diego The three levels of obedience are explained by Dr. Maria Montessori after long observations of children of multiple ages in her classroom. She defines the three of obedience as first‚ an ability to obey‚ but not all the time. Secondly an ability to obey at all times after developing their own will. Finally being able to obey consistently‚ moreover to follow another person which the child

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