the dark room‚ 2 or 3 people at a time‚ and asked to agree on a judgment. People who usually made an estimate like 6 inches soon made smaller judgments like 4 inches. Those who saw less movement‚ such as 2 inches‚ soon increased their judgments to about 4 inches. People changed to more resemble the others in the group. When Sherif asked subjects directly that they were influenced by the judgments of other persons during the experiments‚ most of them denied it. However‚ when subjects were tested one
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These headlines often leave people thinking‚ “Why do good people sometimes do bad things?” This question has everyone from scientists to citizens wondering. The Pygmalion and Golem effects help answer this. These self-fulfilling prophecies tell why people do certain things to meet the standards of others. When faced with pressure‚ their reputation on the line‚ and competition with others‚ the Pygmalion and Golem effect explains why good people sometimes do bad things. The Pygmalion effect is the idea
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I wanted my project to be about change. Change in ideals‚ values‚ fashion‚ freedom and inclusion. Transitioning from the sterile-sexless-family values-working man-suburban 40’s into the cr- well‚ into the 60’s; 1950 was the perfect year for me to examine. In the early fifties‚ ‘independent woman’ made about as much sense as ‘military intelligence’ or ‘jumbo shrimp’. Women cooked‚ cleaned‚ had kids and smiled doing it. They wore dresses and were pressured against sexual exploration (Stanford).
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Why words matter? Words are no longer simple like what we hear‚ write or read because of the tremendous effect of them are incredible. In fact‚ words are powerful since they can hurt or ease pain‚ build or destroy a person‚ end war or start one and so on. Therefore‚ choosing our words wisely is very important. First off‚ confusing words make people misunderstand which can cause to a serious problem. For example‚ at the end of World War II‚ the Allied Power sent a message to the Japanese in demand
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was the nature of tasks and material used in later studies. In earlier studies the tasks used were the once with which males were more familiar than females. Generally‚ individuals yield more easily when they are not sure about how to behave then when they are confident about the task. So naturally in the earlier studies females yielded much more easily than males. This reasoning was confirmed by another experiment conducted by Sis trunk and Mc David. They used tasks and items with which women were
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Megan LeBarron Orvin 4A Global Studies 28 January 2015 Mongols DBQ Over time the Mongolian army has become synonymous with the term barbarian. The definition of barbaric is unsophisticated‚ primitive‚ and savagely cruel. These terms do not give the Mongols enough credit. I believe that they were not completely barbaric though they did have some brutal techniques. They were advanced strategists for their time period. The Mongolian army was run with a strict command and heavy emphasis was placed
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We have the same question that ‘why do we have to do homework every day?’. Most people explain about the harms of homework‚ but why don’t they explain about the goods too? I think we have to change our way of thinking because homework does more good than harm. Firstly‚ homework helps us to allocate our time because of our research; we have to find more extra knowledge in order to do our homework. When we do homework‚ we can’t waste the time with the ridiculous things‚ and homework motivates us to
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There is a common misconception about pre-medical students that once they step foot on campus‚ they must give up all the fun activities not directly related to medical school preparation. According to this viewpoint‚ students must replace their hobbies with studying‚ volunteering‚ and research in their free time. While compromises must be made by any college student‚ this perspective is largely inaccurate and does not truthfully reflect a happy‚ successful pre-med student. A successful student is
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garden is ready in the spring‚ start planting. It is important that where you plant the garden gets at least six hours of sunlight. The best pH of the soil is pH of 5.8-6.8. The soil needs tilled to a depth of at least eight inches. Radish seeds need about ½ inch deep and three inches apart from each other. Radishes generally grow in a month Whenever warm weather arrives stop planting radishes because they
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What is race? Is it “real?” Why or why not? • Race is a social construct that everyone suffers from every day. Over many decades human beans created a racial lens that separates our world into different categories based on skin color‚ hair type‚ and even how we act. Is it real? Yes and no‚ we (humans) made it real. We created this illusion that there are different species in the human race. So‚ in our minds race is real because we made it real! However‚ based on a biological mindset race is not
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