DISCUSS TWO OR MORE EXPLANATION OF GROUP DISPLAY AS AN ADAPTIVE RESPONSE The first explanation of group display as an adaptive response is lynch mobs. Social transitions and the need for conformity have been cited as the fundamental cause of American lynchings because of the fear of the Negro‚ and a lynch law was a means of social control. Of the documented lynchings in the late 1800s‚ nearly three quarters of victims were black it is said that “lynch mobs were more active during that period since
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great at drawing that line‚ some societies face serious problems such as discrimination or dualism. Tolerance upon differences should be in such a way that while avoiding a tolerant chaos where everything is welcomed: intolerance‚ which results as xenophobia‚ should also be discouraged and it can only be sustained by the sense of common living. Anything that lacks resemblance in our consuetude is different for us and we all have contrastive attitudes towards those differences. The word different
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Over the course of Unit one‚ I read a few stories that correlated with the theme of “Xenophobia‚ or fear of the unknown.” Many conflicts that were presented during these stories triggered fear‚ panic and fright‚ relating back to the “xenophobia” the characters felt during the story. The two stories that I read during this unit were “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin and “War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells. I believe that H.G. Wells’ story contributed and related more to this unit’s theme. Therefore
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Discuss one or more evolutionary explanations of group display in humans. (25 marks) Group display in humans has been studied by a variety of psychologists both classic and contemporary. Psychologists such as Le Bon believe that crowd behaviour is explained through the individual taking on the ‘psychology’ of the crowd’. Essentially‚ the actions of a crowd can be explained through situational factors‚ such as convergence in one location‚ or the result of normless situations where people look to
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protection to certain groups of people. Even though America is a country made up of immigrants‚ many of them have faced‚ and are facing many challenges. The two most significant challenges that immigrants face in the U.S. are discrimination and xenophobia. Many immigrants coming to the U.S. in the past faced different types of discrimination. An example of this was when the Chinese first immigrated. At first‚ they were welcomed with “open arms” but later on they were seen as invaders‚ because of
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children having fun in the playground to colleagues in a professional office. While tribalism does have its unifying aspects‚ in our society acts as a barrier and provides people with more reasons to stay divided. | . It can fuel hatred‚ hegemony and xenophobia. Tribalism is vicious. Tribalism is evil. Tribalism is‚ sometimes‚ lethal. Poems by Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ the film ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ directed by Mark Herman and the song ’Took the Children Away’ by Archie Roach all contain expressions
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Kindness is a virtue. Among humans‚ this trait is remarkably important when it comes to the care and treatment of one another in a set community. As these communities evolve‚ it has been seen that the kinder‚ more positive group has thrived and therefore will continue to prosper. Many agree that we all obtain the quality of empathy‚ but it’s whether we choose to show it or not is what makes the difference. This discussion of kindness is seen in Olivia Judson’s passage‚ “The Selfless Gene”. Within
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The sweat and revenue immigrants bring into America is fruitless when the Xenophobia mindset forbids Americans from moving forward and accepting fruitful foreigners. We saw this embedded in the minds of the locals and the police in John Steinbeck’s ‚ The grapes of wrath and now in Donald Trump’s ‘Make America again’. This campaign includes plans like building a wall along the mexican-american border‚ extreme vetting‚ and closing the doors on all syrian refugees. This is a contemporary twist to how
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escape what they fear‚ the nameless narrator’s discover at the end of the stories that they turn into what they fear and accept their fate. Finally‚ Lovecraft expresses his anxieties in these two stories through genetics‚ the cosmic fear‚ and an xenophobia tension throughout the nameless narrator’s experiences and Lovecraft’s own experiences. Lovecraft suffers with genetic anxiety due to the mental
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preparations for the United Nations 3rd World Conference against Racism‚ Racial Discrimination‚ Xenophobia and Related Intolerance due to be held in South Africa in August / September 2001; Whereas the United Nations General Assembly has declared the year 2000 to be the International Year for the Culture of Peace and 2001 the International Year of Mobilisation against Racism‚ Racial Discrimination‚ Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and also
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