When a group makes unreliable decisions that were lead by group pressures and leads to a worsening of mental performance‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgement‚ it is known as groupthink. When members from a group are similar in background‚ or when they are insulted from outside opinions‚ and when there are no clear rules for decision making is when the group is especially vulnerable to groupthink. As for individual humans‚ they are as well easily susceptible to groupthink because they’re afraid
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“Why are you so gay?” The first time I was asked this question was in the 7th grade at 13 years old - far before it pertained to any form of sexual orientation. In middle school‚ of course‚ I had no orientation‚ much less a sexual one. At this age‚ I had no idea what ‘gay’ was; I only knew it was offensive and meant something others didn’t particularly enjoy. Growing up in a small town in South Carolina‚ I’ve been asked this question more times than I could count. What began as a simple query rapidly
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fighting‚ the Anglo-Saxons wanted a king who was strong and brave‚ just like the Gods they worshiped. In today’s society‚ we look for the same qualities in our leaders‚ just in different circumstances. The Anglo-Saxons wanted their leader to be strong so he could protect them from danger. Beowulf was exceptionally strong‚ he was said to be the “strongest of the Geats—greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world (110).” Many of his followers loved him because of his strength‚ even Grendel
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Alcatraz Why did the prohibition cause a crime wave? Will I be going to tell you? Ok‚ so the prohibition caused a crime wave because I think people did not know what to do when they could not have any liquor. When the prohibition was on they tried to make their own liquor and got caught and had to go to jail. Then the crime led to super gangsters because of the new law that you’re not allowed to sell‚or drink alcohol. That also led to super gangsters not being able to be held in regular prisons because
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In the United State guns and crimes seem to go hand in hand with one another. Gun control and crimes are one of many topics an argument debated in the US. There have been several shooting events in school campuses‚ communities and horrify terrorism shootings that affect the whole of the US. For instance‚ on April in San Bernardino‚ California a gunman entered North Park elementary school opened fire and fatally shot two individuals. The gunman shot and killed his estranged wife‚ who was a teacher
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Douglas Tilden was an exceptional sculpture‚ with having several statuettes in many parks and museums across the nation. What made Tilden so unique was that he was deaf and mute after a severe case of Scarlet Fever in his early years of life. Tilden also taught many students who were also deaf‚ how to sculpt and inspired many in his classes. Douglas Tilden was born on May 1st‚ 1860 in Chico‚ California. His parents are named William Peregrine Tilden and Catherine Maria Hecox Tilden‚ his father was
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day listening to music. Also parents feel that today’s music is exposing their children to inappropriate language. Hip-Hop always deal with having complaints about rappers using explicit language in their songs and kids are listening to this music. So parents feel that their kids will listen to this songs with inappropriate lyrics and be encourage to have sex‚ drink alcohol‚ and smoke
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INTRODUCTION Before Peter’s reign‚ Russia was a mostly forgotten state‚ that was largely looked upon as a barbaric kingdom by the great European powers. Russia seemed to be a frozen wasteland that many powers did not even know was the largest land empire in the world. In this essay‚ I will explore the reforms of Peter the Great through historical authors and determine whether Tsar Peter I of Russia was successful in evolving of the Tsardom of Russia into a contemporary European empire. On top of
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Did you ever wonder how did something like the popsocket get created? Well did you know that the popsocket was a bizarre invention‚ and there are many more like it. Some of them are accidental‚ the world is now more useful thanks to these accidental and bizarre inventions. Thanks to these inventions things are a lot better. Some inventions can be created with just one simple accident. The inventor has to build something that can be useful to the world. What can an inventor do to ensure success?
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There are several important things for an actuary to consider when setting the premium rates. They make projections of the future costs and they base these projections on historical results‚ probabilistic models‚ and their own judgments. Actuaries must consider different risk pools and make the premiums fair to all. For instance‚ they can consider statistically how likely a driver is to get into a car accident with several speeding tickets versus a driver with none. In order to use the predictability
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