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    The Planet in Peril

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    The Planet in Peril Good Afternoon‚ My name is Ashley and I will be speaking on our planet and the dangers that we are facing everyday and have no clue about it. Our planet is in major crises economically and physically. Everyday we hear more bad news about our planet. Reports tell us that wildlife and forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. Newscasts give the latest word on how quickly earth is losing its protective shield and warming up. Newspapers grieve over the pollution of our air

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    In Stanley Milgram’s‚ The Perils of Obedience‚ Milgram states "obedience is as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to."(1) Milgram then shows how submission to that authority goes back as far as Abraham. He makes us look into ourselves and see why we obey these commands against our better judgment. Milgram then goes into detail about the experiment he set up at Yale University to test how much pain a person would inflict on another person just because they were ordered

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    Obedience to Authority

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    of this research is “Obedience of soldiers to authority depicted in Saving Private Ryan novel by Max Allan Collins” 1.2 Field and Object of the study The field of study in this research is literature while the object of this research is novel entitled Saving Private Ryan by Max Allan Collins. This research focuses on how chosen soldiers who got order to save Ryan respond and obey the superior authority. Also‚ this research will apply sociological psychology of obedience criticism theory and use

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    Peril in the Pinelands

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    Sandeep Kaur SPE-102-304 March 26th‚ 2013 Cell Phone Usage During School Time A survey done in 2010 revealed that 84% high school students and 60% of middle school students owned a cell phone (Engel). This is truly a large body of students that are constantly messaging each other about everything there is to talk about. Most of this communication is harmless. However‚ sometimes this constant attachment to the cell phone can cause significant problems‚ especially in learning environments such

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    Essay on Obedience

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    OBEDIENCE – THE MOTHER OF SUCCESS Men live together in society in harmony with each other. There are so many different types of men that want to live in peace. This means‚ each must give up something for the sake of others and for the sake of the common good. In the Society of Nature‚ man gradually realised the importance of obedience. Hence they made one among them king whom all would obey unquestioningly. For obedience is the test of worship. Obedience is heaven’s supreme law. The First man (Adam)

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    Theory Of Obedience

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    The Theory Of Obedience The purpose of this essay is to describe and evaluate Milgram ’s theory on obedience. The essay will outline the theory‚ the famous experiment‚ the findings from the experiment‚ and the subsequent studies that have strengthened and weakened the plausibility of the theory. What is the Theory Of Obedience? Milgram (1974) stated: ’A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do‚ irrespective of the content of the act and without limitations of conscience

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    Obedience A Monster

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    Does Obedience make a Monster? For many years‚ a popular question that people ask to those who follow a leader “How far would you go for them?”. This question has been answered many times by not only the people in these situations‚ like those in Democratic Kampuchea (Pina et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 291)‚ but also scientists like Stanley Milgram (Milgram‚ 1965‚ p. 59). These assurances are important to study to be able to understand the psychological effects that these types of relationships have. The first

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    Conformity And Obedience

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    Conformity and Obedience Starting from a very young age‚ it is considered the norm to obey and to conform. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate a study for conformity and obedience. Conformity can be defined as a change in one self‚ when one gives in to group pressure‚ in order to fit in to society. Obedience on the other hand is when you are told what to do. The difference between the two are‚ when we conform it is usually down to peer pressure. Where as in obedience you are taking orders from

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    Assessing Obedience

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    ASSESSING OBEDIENCE Obedience is a characteristic ingrained in every person. No matter who a person is‚ there is always a more authoritative figure that they must obey to. Stanley Milgram‚ a psychologist at Yale University‚ conducted experiments that tested obedience towards authority. These experiments were conducted in 1963 at Yale University. The experiments Milgram performed gained many different reactions from people. Two authors that wrote their thoughts on the experiments done by Milgram

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    Obedience to Authority

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    Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority‚ as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree that some degree of authority in certain individuals or groups (and their obedience by other groups) is desirable for the proper

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