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    Patel’s lecture made me realize that it is critical to being a human being and living with other human beings to have an awareness and a great sense of respect for all religions. Not being aware of other religion’s practices is like walking through life with your eyes closed. It is not possible to be a well-rounded human being without taking the time to learn about religious traditions of multiple different religions. This is especially important if someone wants to travel to a different country

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    a Holocaust survivor (“Elie Wiesel”). Wiesel believes indifference‚ or the lack of sympathy towards others‚ as being the devastating culprit in dividing humanity. In this rhetorical analysis of Wiesel’s speech “The Perils of Indifference” I will explain how Wiesel uses the concepts of ethos‚ logos‚ pathos‚ and other rhetorical devices to make this a powerful and timeless speech in hopes to eliminate

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    Behavioral obedience experiment by Milgram At Yale University an experiment had conducted on behavioral and obedience of the people by Milgram (1963). A total of 40 male volunteers of different age groups between 20 and 50 from New Haven and surrounding communities were selected to participated in the experiment by Milgram (1963). At the starting of the experiment Milgram (1963) wants to differentiate the participants into teachers and learners. So‚ he then asked the participants to draw the slips

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    IB Psychology (HL) Krissy Gear Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience P. 3 July 1961‚ Yale University 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

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    Milgram (1963) Behavioural Study of Obedience Thinking like a Psychologist - Evaluating the Core Study What are the strengths and weaknesses of the method used? The method used by Milgram was the laboratory experiment. The main advantage that Milgram had with this method was the amount of control he had over the situation. He controlled what the participants saw‚ heard and experienced and was able to manipulate their behaviour through what they were exposed to. This method also allowed accurate

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    Outline and evaluate research into obedience (Milgram) Milgram carried out a series of studies to try to shed some light on the aspect of human behaviour. He studied a thousand participants who were representative of the general population. He discovered that under certain situational influences most of us would conform to what is needed to be done. His study of obedience was done in a lab in Yale University and the experimenter wore a long grey coat which reinforced his authority and status. Then

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    Louv’s passage uses many forms of rhetorical choices to catch the attention of the reader to his claim of separation between humans and nature. In the excerpt‚ anaphora is used to create emphasis on how kids ask their parents what it was like to grow up without the major presence of technology. In the passage the word “we” is used to indicate the change in car rides versus the car rides of children‚ it states‚ “We actually looked out the car window” (61-62). The comparison of adults looking outside

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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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    automobiles‚ fast food restaurants‚ and the thoughts and ideas Americans believed were to be a true American. One in fact‚ was the beginning of a despairing mindset Americans based their beliefs about women‚ and who the ideal woman should be. Lynn Peril analyzes in her novel‚ “Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy

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    In Elie Wiesel’s speech titled “The Perils of indifference” he discusses the idea that individuals are slowly becoming desensitized to the ongoing crisis’ that fill the world around them‚ slowly causing indifference to overtake all other emotions toward these events. The act of indifference is one that causes society to regress and can be most detrimental because of the lack of emotion that it brings upon those who turn to it‚ creating inaction and no emotion where it is warranted. Through the point

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