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Conforming with Non-Conformity, 2001.
An analytical paper on Jack Kerouac's book, "On The Road."
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the concept of conformity and non-conformity through one of Jack Kerouac's greatest books "On The Road." It analyzes Kerouac's writings and relates it to the idea of conformity/non-conformity. It also discusses these ideas through the lifestyles of the beat generation which is embodied in the characters of the book.
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?During the early post war era, the presumed conformity in middle-class white American literature where enormous, and it should come as no surprise that a reaction against that conformity-the beat generation-should arise and attain notoriety.? --Robert Holton(265-266) Jack Kerouac, a ?self-proclaimed spokesman for the beat generation? (Miles 171), wrote a book that challenges the concept of conformity in a post war America. This book entitled ?On The Road? takes its two main characters, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, in numerous journeys across America and to Mexico as well. These journeys, that takes them back and forth from the east coast to the west coast, illustrate the rebellious notion that Kerouac has towards rigidity and responsibility: two concepts that has embodied the idea of conformity. Through this, Kerouac is conveying the idea that living life to its fullest means the destruction of barriers to personal freedom. As Sal and Dean aptly demonstrates, life can indeed be lived to its fullest. They disregarded conformity to lead their own lives with their own rules. In many ways, they are the representations of the beat generation: they are Kerouac?s tools to profess his belief in non-conformity."
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The Cost of Conforming and Non-Conforming, 2003.
An examination of literature about life during the Qing dynasty in China.
2,101 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper discusses "Dream of the Red Chamber" by Tsao Hsueh-chin, "The Death of Woman Wang" by Jonathan Spence, "The Female Impersonator" by Yuan Mei, and "Six Records of a Floating Life" by Shen fu. It explains how these illustrate the consequences of conforming or not conforming. The issues concerning conformity range from rebellion against male authority to sexual deviation in these tales.
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"The Confucian ideology of ?Thrice Following? controlled women?s lives n the Qing Dynasty. As daughters, they had to following their fathers; as wives, they had to following their husbands; as widows, they had to following their sons. Many men viewed women as role models of purity, order and stability. Many males in Qing Dynasty literature are portrayed as being very immoral. They devote their lives to gambling and adultery, rather than living meaningful lives. An analysis of the fates of major characters in Qing literature illustrates that the degree to which the characters conform or fail to conform results in tragedy, the reinforcement of Confucian values and inevitable conflict."
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Cost of Conformity in Chinese Literature, 2005.
An analysis of the conformity or non conformity of several Chinese literary characters to Confucian values.
3,154 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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The Confucian society of ancient China was filled with specific norms and values. Conforming or not conforming to these specific values could cause negative or positive impacts in many individuals' lives. This paper discusses how the characters Pao-yu, Precious Virtue, Black Jade, Phoenix and Chia Lien from "Dream of the Red Chamber" by Hsueh Tsao Chin; Shen Fu and his wife Yun from "The Six Records of a Floating Life" by Shen Fu and Women Wang from "The Death of Women Wang" by Jonathan Spence do or do not conform to Confucian society and the affect that this conformity has on their lives.
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"Black Jade (Lin Ku-niang) another character from Dream of the Red Chamber is the woman Pao-yu is deeply in love with, like her lover she also has a rebellious nature. Black Jade is a very emotional, sensitive and dramatic girl who fails to conform to society because she was not an individual who showed filial piety, which was significant in a Confucian society. Black Jade loved Pao-yu and believed strongly that they were soul mates and destined to be married. The superiors in the Chia household especially the Matriarch, found Black Jade to have an arrogant and willful nature, they were not impressed by her unbridled behavior and found her speech to be most offending especially since it resulted as filial impiety. "
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Conformity, 2005.
A look at conformity from a social psychology perspective.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses conformity as a consequence of social perception that influences behavior. The paper examines the concept of conformity from the context of its significance in social psychology. Issues concerning conformity such as the need for acceptance, the role of authority and when and why conformity occurs are addressed by the paper.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the phenomenon of conformity as consequence of social perceptions that influence behavior. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which this issue achieves significance in social psychology and then to assess when people are most likely to conform to normative social influences. To that end, the research will discuss the need for acceptance, when and why conformity occurs, the importance of accountability in a social context ,the power of propaganda to effect conformity..."
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Conformity in Elevators, 2002.
This paper is a psychology class research project paper which investigates conformity in elevators.
2,245 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 69.95
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This research paper states that most students conformed to elevator group behavior and more females than males were found to conform. The paper explains that, for the purpose of this study, conforming behavior is operationally defined as the "wrong way facing" in an elevator. The author feels that this research provides evidence that people tend to change their own response to conform to the group's behavior.
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Research Question
Definitions
Conforming Behavior
Elevator Group
Introduction
Literature Review
Definition and General Information
Influential Factors
Individual Mechanisms
Social Mechanisms
Methodology
Research Design
Participants and Subjects
Variables
Procedure
Data Analysis
Results
Discussion
Implications for Future Research
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"Conformity is defined as the changing of one's own response to be like that of the group's response. A further aspect of the definition includes the movement toward the group with the maintenance of congruence with the group. Thus, a person may originally conform to the group's behavior, but then a further decision to conform must be made in order for the behavior to be maintained. "
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Social Attitudes, Judgments and Conformity, 2007.
A discussion of the priming effects on social attitudes, judgments and conformity.
1,783 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper examines the role of priming on several social psychology behaviors including attitudes, judgements and conformity. The paper provides a description of priming and of each of the social behaviors discussed in the paper. The paper then focuses on describing past research that shows the ways in which priming affects these behaviors.
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Introduction
Priming Attitudes/Judgments
Priming Social Conformity
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"Schemas are cognitive representations of nonsocial and social objects that are stored in memory in associative networks. Activation of a schema increases its accessibility in the present and in the future. One way to activate a schema is through priming. Priming is any experience or mental activity that occurs prior to an event or situation and which increases the likelihood that relevant schema will be made more accessible. Such experiences or activities are referred to as primes and primes vary in the level of activation or accessibility they create. The minimum prime required to activate a schema is called the response threshold (Moskowitz, 2005). This can then affect a perception, judgment, and/or behavior by associative processes in memory. In this paper I will examine priming effects on judgments and social conformity by describing several relevant studies and their results."
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Conformity, 2002.
This paper is a personal essay that discusses the conformity of being a student.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 27.95
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The author states that that he is a student and that governs virtually everything important he does. The author defines being a student as conforming behavior. The author thinks that spotting conformity may be a little like pealing an onion, each layer hides another layer, so that may be hard to discover real personal choice.
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"For the most part I have been blind to this conformity. Perhaps that is the nature of conformity, that it requires that people do not make active choices. As I look at pictures of family members, I can see that all the young women in the 1970?s had long straight hair, but all the young women in the early 1960?s had bubble hairdos. I look at the young women around me today, and I don?t see such a pattern. Some have long hair; some have short. Some have medium length hair, but it?s blue."
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The Asch Study on Conformity, 2002.
Analysis of the results and value of the 1950s Asch Study on conformity.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper analyzes the Asch studies of the nineteen-fifties, which evaluated the influence of group pressure. The author discusses the results of the Asch studies, assesses the desire of people for conformity, and concludes that the Asch studies were valuable even though they were limited in scope.
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Conformity and Rebellion, 2005.
This paper discusses the concepts of conformity and rebellion in works by Amy Tan, Martin Luther King Jr., Herman Melville and Shirley Jackson.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that the dilemma of conformity vs. rebellion is common in both life and literature as demonstrated by Amy Tan's "Two Kinds", Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail", Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". The author points out that rebellion may be not only personal as Amy Tan writes but also societal, as Martin Luther King wrote while imprisoned in the Birmingham, Alabama jail in 1963 for leading a civil rights protest seeking equal rights for African-Americans. The paper concludes that all four pieces illustrate that rebellion -- personal or societal -- is integral to the human condition; moreover, rebellion has its risks, benefits, drawbacks and rewards, based on time, place and circumstance.
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"In Amy Tan's story "Two Kinds" (424-32), Jing-mei's Chinese mother wishes for her to conform to her own high standards of persistence and achievement in music, though Jing-mei lacks motivation. Her mother: "believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America" (424). If Jing-mei is "Not the best" it is "Because you not trying'" (426). Jing-mei's mother decides, since anything is possible in America, her daughter will become a child prodigy. Seeing a Chinese girl playing piano on the Ed Sullivan Show, she determines that Jing-mei will become a piano prodigy."
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Conformity in Literature, 2005.
An analysis of the theme of conformity in "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.
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It is the belief of many sociologists that conformity plays a large role in any society. There are a set of rules, beliefs, or morals that every member of society has to adhere to or face the consequences, and rebellion, when defeated, is put down very harshly most of the time. In particular, it examines how Herman Melville and Shirley Jackson confront these themes in their short stories, "Bartleby the Scrivener" and "The Lottery," respectively.
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"In the story, the warm summer day, the children's play, the casual chatter, and the air of suppressed anticipation of the village on the day of the lottery attune the reader's expectations towards a positive outcome for the lottery. When the reader learns of the unjust and senseless murder for the first time, this knowledge comes as an extreme shock. The audience, having an understanding of a lottery, assumes its implications are positive. Jackson decides to title her story "the Lottery;" thus, deliberately plays off her reader's assumptions, hiding her subtle yet powerful themes and symbols from their immediate notice."
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Obedience and Conformity, 2005.
This paper examines the themes of obedience and conformity in society and in George Orwell's novel, "1984."
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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An examination of how the themes of obedience and conformity are reflected in society, as well as in George Orwell's novel, "1984." The paper explains the nature of society's influence on the individual.
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"In George Orwell's frightening account of a society not too far removed from our own we find ourselves considering the nature of society's influence upon the individual and how that might be affected via propaganda, rhetoric advertisement or authority. The same notions have been considered by psychologists for quite some time."
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The Theme of Conformity, 2008.
A comparison of the theme of conformity in "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy and "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson.
2,170 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper compares the themes in two novels - "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy and "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson. It focuses on the themes that these two books share - those of the restrictiveness of conformity and what happens when these confinements are broken. The paper then looks at the negative consequence on the characters in the novels as a result of breaking out of their confinements.
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"It is apparent through these two books that once rules and conformities are broken, chaos or some sort of disorder ensues. What is similar from these two books is that it is always the community around them that gives the families grief. Whether it be death or separation, it has been acknowledged that "it is a terrible thing to break up a family." The consequences for breaking laws and conformities in God of Small Things is the death of Velutha, banishment of Ammu, and separation of Estha from his mother. This all result in the breakup of an entire family. The consequence for breaking conformities in Housekeeping is the threat of having a family separated and the wipeout of one's identity. Sylvie and Ruth are dead to the people of Fingerbone now because they have chosen to live a life of their own. Perhaps these two authors are suggesting that society will always win regardless. It is useless to fight the rules because doing so will result in tragic endings."
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Male Conformity, 2005.
A discussion on learned male conformity within society.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the proposition that gender differences are learned, imposed by the society that spawns them and then perpetuates them from one generation to the next. The paper suggests that men conform to the gender requirements of their society, requirements conveyed to them as cultural biases that they then emulate.
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"Sex differences are biological, while gender differences are cultural. This means that gender differences are learned, imposed by the society that spawns them and then perpetuates them from one generation to the next. Men conform to the gender requirements of their society, requirements conveyed to them as cultural biases that they then emulate. Men thus come out more or less with the same basic way of thinking and the same modes of behavior because those are culturally dictated to say what count as masculine traits and what do not. Asch (originally 1955) noted the power of conformity and the fact that conformity is defined as "behavior that adheres to the behavior patterns of a particular group of which that individual is a member" (Hock, 1992, p. 290). Such persons are guided by unspoken rules of conduct found in "social norms" of conduct."
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Anorexia, Body Image and Conformity in American Society, 1993.
Examines the inter-relationships of anorexia, body image and conformity to American culture, emphasizing culturally bound definitions of attractiveness.
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"Anorexia, Body Image and Conformity in American Society
Introduction
According to April Fallon (1990), culturally bound and consensual definitions of attractiveness play an important role in the individuals' development of his or her body image. That body image reflects the way people view themselves and is generally not only a judgment on body, but a judgment on the self itself. In the following pages, the intention is to look at the interrelationship of anorexia, body image, and conformity to American culture, including definitions of attractiveness.
Anorexia
Anorexia has been defined as an eating disorder, although ..."
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The Secrets of Conformity, 2002.
This paper is an analysis of Mark Twain's "Core-Pone Opinions."
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Using the ideas in "Core-Pone Opinions" by Mark Twain about conformity and society, this paper argues that group conformity has lead to many instances of group violence in today's society. Although the author feels that much of the violence found in today's society is caused by too much conformity, they do acknowledge, that there can also be positive results from being part of a group, if you are just aware of its dynamics.
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"With his writing of Core-pone Opinions, Mark Twain shows the susceptibility we all have to conformity, and the great influence the opinions of others have on our way of thinking. As Twain said, ?It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist?. Everyone likes to think they are unique and independent, but the reality for most of us is that we simply follow the trends in the world around us and incorporate others? opinions into becoming our own."
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