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12.14 - Conformity & Followership

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13 questions
(#1 - #5) The Standford Prison Experiment
(#6 - #9) The Dangers of Tradition
(#10 - #13) Why People Follow The Crowd

Be sure to identify text evidience for each of your answers.
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
The guards said that they were surprised that they behaved in such a brutal way. Were you surprised? Why or why not? What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Stanford Prison Experiment
The prisoners could have left at any time, and yet, they didn't. Why?
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Stanford Prison Experiment
Why do you think the guards and prisoners accepted their given roles so easily?
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Stanford Prison Experiment
Which of the following do you think had the most impact on the participants perpetuating brutality in the experiment:

1) The "individuation" process
2) The uniforms
3) The money that each individual was paid for participating in the experiment

Explain your answer.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Stanford Prison Experiment
1) In the context of this text, why do people do bad things?
Use evidence from this text, your own experience, and other art, literature, or history in your answer.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Dangers of Tradition
1) What does conformity have to do with following tradition?
2) How does the author suggest resisting this conformity?
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Dangers of Tradition
1) What is an example of a tradition that may result in good?
2) What is an example of a tradition that may result in harm?
3) What are some key similarities or differences between these examples?
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Dangers of Tradition
1) Research and provide an example of a tradition that has been banned, either locally or historically.
2) Why was it banned?
3) Do you think the authority or governing body that banned it made the correct decision?
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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The Dangers of Tradition
In the final paragraph [15] the author mentions a ban in which the Queen banned a symbol as a way of ..."Reinforcing her power over people who did not want her as their ruler."

Create a list of symbols that are present in current American Society that you think should be banned for traditions that they represent? For each identify the tradition that it represents and why that tradition is harmful to society.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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Why Do People Follow The Crowd?
The author suggests that we don't like to admit to ourselves that we will readily follow the crowd. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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Why Do People Follow The Crowd?
The author suggests that the desire to belong is a very powerful — if not the most powerful — human emotion. Do you agree or disagree with this assertion? Explain your answer.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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Why Do People Follow The Crowd?
Why do people follow the crowd? Cite evidence from this text, your own experience, and other art, media, literature, or history in your answer.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?

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Why Do People Follow The Crowd?
When is following the crowd helpful? When is it harmful? Explain your answer.
What is your evidence from the text that supports your point?