...Introduction ‘Rhinoceros’ of Eugene Ionesco and ‘1984’ of George Orwell are two of the most successful literary works on expressing unconventionality in the human society. They represent the protagonists as non-conformists to build up the plot of the story (with unconventionality being one of its main themes). This success is mainly due to the time period in which these two literary works have been written. Both ‘1984’ and ‘Rhinoceros’ are written a few years after the end of the second world war in 1945. This was the time when many political organizations were either formed or destroyed. With the fascist Nazi party coming to an end by the powerful rival countries USA and USSR, the world seemed to be in a new war known as the cold war. It...
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...Psychology 18/02 Business communication Business conversations can be separated in two parts -> official (trying to have a better salary or position) and non-official (amongst colleagues, between groups) Personal conversations: interview, discharge from office (voluntary or not), the change of employee position Try to offer something good to this person -> new position, new plan… To make it interesting for this person to stay in your group and not terminate his contract In order to be good you should try to act in the interest of other people Termination after an amount of time, create a new position to take back from active duty and give a null power, but then the person can stay Disciplinary conversations: associated with misconduct, associated with a breach of internal rules, associated with non-fulfillment of duties You should punish someone maybe, but before you have to hold a disciplinary conversations It is wrong just to tell someone he is bad. From a psychological point of view, understanding is the most important. So you should ask why it happened. But punishment is a plus; it is the conclusion of what you decided. Organizational conversations: discussion on tasks fulfillment, analysis of results, critical views Creative conversations: creation of mutual design, discussion on the principles of tasks and projects Conversations with visitors: positive solution in discussion, delegation of powers to other persons, the problem is not solved and a new meeting...
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...aa23 3 months ago it is very good dharankarmadhavi 5 months ago thanks for a very useful presentation. charlottemila 7 months ago Excellent presentation and thanks for sharing. http://www.comparatif-cybermarche.com/ Edufireegypt 7 months ago Thanks a lot for nice coherent presentation Ahmed from Egypt :) Jisun Lee at Jisun Lee, 11 months ago Thank you for sharing. It is wonderful. bina at bina, 2 years ago sir its excellent Jeff Bennett, Web/Multimedia Developer at Digital Splash Media, 2 years ago Thanks for sharing Zaid. Your presentation played a key part in a video about critical thinking that I just published. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85-j7Nr9i4 chuchad at chuchad, 2 years ago Thank you for sharing. This presentation is very useful. ommeone 2 years ago Thank you for sharing the great ideas of critical thinking. It really helps me on doing my thesis. Patti Waterbury, Founder/President at Creative Growth Strategies, Inc., 2 years ago Thank you for sharing...excellent content. Comments 1 - 10 of 21 comments next Embed Video Subscribe to comments Post Comment Speaker Notes on slide 28 98 Favorites Karori International Ventures Limited at Karori International Ventures Limited, 1 month ago Tags creative thinking Greg Williams, instructional designer, eLearning developer, professor, trainer, consultant at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1 month ago Wagner Rezende, Professor at UFG, 2 months ago osupa01 3 months ago Monica...
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...as non-conformists by our society and both suffered serious consequences. If I were to become a nonconformist in 2014, I’d most likely do it by ignoring school rules such as not being able to use phones in school and having to ask for permission to leave the classroom with a reasonable excuse. Then at home I could ignore curfew, be irresponsible of my chores and not bother with the dress code set by my parents. But in the end I would have to suffer the consequences and eventually abide by the rules. Maybe these examples are too strong because nowadays everybody does their own thing and in teenagers, non-conformism can be seen as rebellion. In Elissa Karg`s, How To Be A Non-Conformist, she says “nonconformists smile only sardonic and sarcastic smiles.” To a grown adult a sarcastic smile can be seen as disrespectfulness and lower an image of the person. I think that non-conformism only leads to trouble for those that don’t have a specific idea in mind or that just do it because they have nothing else to do but annoy the world with their individuality. I could be non-conformist in 2014 by ignoring certain procedures of life, even though those certain actions can be seen as rebellion and lead to unasked for consequences. But in the end everybody is non-conformist in their own way, because of the liberty in...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays Week One Describe a situation of public interest in which critical and/or creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. One situation that comes immediately to mind is the phenomenon of climate change we are currently dealing with and how we are woefully unprepared to cope with it. If critical and/or creative thought had been used by all concerned, instead of fear and denial, we would be in a better position to handle and curtail these climate changes. When the data that pointed to human-induced climate change first was made public, it seemed that fear and hysteria was the common theme in most discussions of the problem. It has gotten better in recent years but it may be a case of too little, too late. It is important to think critically and creatively because it helps you to see the whole picture. When you think critically, all sides of the problem such as history, a source, a context are considered making a realistic and effective solution to a problem more likely. Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What role does each play in critically assessing situations? We have free will when we have the freedom of self-determination, action and ability to make choices. If the choice is consistent with a person's desires and nature then it is representative of a person’s...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays Week One Describe a situation of public interest in which critical and/or creative thought could have been used for a better outcome. Describe why it is important to think critically and creatively in similar situations. One situation that comes immediately to mind is the phenomenon of climate change we are currently dealing with and how we are woefully unprepared to cope with it. If critical and/or creative thought had been used by all concerned, instead of fear and denial, we would be in a better position to handle and curtail these climate changes. When the data that pointed to human-induced climate change first was made public, it seemed that fear and hysteria was the common theme in most discussions of the problem. It has gotten better in recent years but it may be a case of too little, too late. It is important to think critically and creatively because it helps you to see the whole picture. When you think critically, all sides of the problem such as history, a source, a context are considered making a realistic and effective solution to a problem more likely. Define free will, truth, knowledge, and opinion. Explain how we use them to form thoughts. What role does each play in critically assessing situations? We have free will when we have the freedom of self-determination, action and ability to make choices. If the choice is consistent with a person's desires and nature then it is representative of a person’s...
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...Life of Galileo- from the perspective of Science, Technology and Society The intertwining of Science and society complies with the double-helical DNA structure which defines the complexity and simplicity of the relation between them. Where scientific discoveries set the path for paradigm shifts and drastic changes in which the society functions, they also raise questions to the existing norms of the society during the inception of these theories. The centuries-long debate of Science being the basis of societal formation or societal needs leading to genesis of new ways of living has not found an answer yet. While some discoveries conform to the existing belief system of the world, some developments cause major uproar and leave a mark on the timeline of evolution setting a before and after of human existence. It is these discoveries which brush the dust off the antediluvian school of thought and bring about paradigm shifts in the system with a fresh way of thinking and living. Life of Galileo by Bertolt Bretch is a play which describes a similar situation and revolves around the time when Galileo popped the idea of a heliocentric universe to the world causing widespread uproar. Galileo was a man of realistic thoughts who believed logic runs the world. While explaining the Copernican theory to his house boy, Andrea, Galileo encourages him to breathe logic and not comply with the existing beliefs that are prevalent in the society. Mrs. Sarti, his house maid, discourages Galileo...
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...On the Road The main theme of the book and its common thread is the journey, seen as an element that breaks the monotony of life and brings the individual to deal with ever new realities, always looking for a new form of existence that could avert the danger of "boredom ". The journey takes on the function of true teacher of life for all the characters. It is not only meant as the material form of physical movement but also as a "virtual" journey through the use of drugs and abandonment in pleasures. All this, however, is not presented as a process of decay, but as a quest for a primitive instinct of human creativity and innocence now lost and suppressed by mod-ern conformism. The journey told in the book, however, is not just a figment of the writer: On the road, in fact, col-lects real travel experiences that the writer has made in over seven years with his friend and teacher of life Neil Cassidy (Dean Moriarty in the book). The novel, in fact, was written on a “scroll” by the writer within three weeks revising its travel notes, under the effect of Benzedrine. The trip, however, is not the only theme in the book. The other themes, in fact, are: the promotion of art in all its forms as a tool to uncover the truth, the search of love and the importance of friendship. As frame the entire novel, then, there is the per-ennial tension between the big cities and small towns, between life without brakes and inhibitions and tranquility of the family, between traveling and staying...
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...concept of 1 Malaysia. The first thing I would like to talk about is the measures taken to avoid racial polarization in education. There are three different types of school in this country; vernacular school, national school and vision school. The issue that has long been debated is about the relevance of vernacular school. in the article Malaysian vernacular schools to continue to beapart of the education system: Deputy PM, by ANI, Datuk Seri Najib said that as long as it is needed by Malay, Chinese and Tamil communities, vernacular school will continue to be a part of national education system.(2009) .But, vernacular school actuallyprohibit unity and cause segregation among races.This will develop sociocentrism such as group bias and conformism. Therefore, vernacular schools; Tamil and Chinese...
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...code policy, when in fact there is no such policy, just Lengel flexing his muscle as an adult over the three young girls. According to M. Gilbert Porter, Updike’s “A&P” represents the middle class of the suburbs, “an appropriate symbol for the mass ethic of a customer-condition society” (Porter). A&P is the perfect setting and environment for a nonconformist like Sammy, who despises the standards of A&P (Porter). Sammy spends his time judging the others around him, including the store’s mindless customers. He sees the A&P as a grocery store full of, “house-slaves in pin curlers” and “women with six children and varicose veins mapping their legs”(Updike), all of whom are stuck in a vicious cycle John Updike’s “A&P”, focuses on conformism and non-conformism. Sammy’s co-worker, Stokesie, his manager, Mr. Lengel, and the customers who frequent the A&P, are all examples of conformists. All of them are content to live a life consumed by routine and social acceptance. On the contrary, Sammy and his three new female friends choose to live a more free spirited life. They believe society should not be so rigid, but instead more sensitive and open to diversity, as well as the forever changing trends. Neither path should be considered right or wrong, but interpreted as a personal choice that others should respect. ...
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...consider deviance as the result of the social pressure, but not of the negative attitude to the social values, standards, and goals attaining, highly appreciated within the measures of this culture. This means that the theory leaves the chance for criminals, implying the necessity of reorganization or society in order to approach to the ideal of democracy and equality of rights. Still comparing this concept with the Cultural Transmission Theory we can see several disadvantages of the previous one. First, strain theory was determined by the author to analyze different pattern of adaptation (conformity innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion) to the disjunction between the emphasis on cultural goals and institutional means. Saying that conformism, in particular, implies adjustment to the accepted ways of achieving the goals, whereas conformity in different subcultures may cause adaptation to the previously accepted deviant norms within this community. That means that previous conception does not work in the community where deviant behavior, norms, values are considered as favorable, in this way settling definite rewards or punishment that determine a type of behavior. And all previous indexes make no cense when person gets to the society different sub-cultural features are transmitted across the generations (explains the cause of investigation about student crimes during several years when the citizens changed and the rates of crime remained the same). The labeling theory claims...
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...already began using controlling tactics to convince Germans to be on their side. Knowing that these advancements were already spreading, Bradbury used the novel to warn American citizens of their possible future. Also tie this one back As well as characterization, foreshadowing is demonstrated by Bradbury throughout the novel to predict the possible outcome of the future of American society. Used as a warning towards the end of Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s rebellious companion says: “The fear and envy of small people who compensate for their feelings of inferiority by banding together are what drive and sustain dictatorial conformism. The state seizes on that fear and that envy and harnesses them cynically to its own schemes to secure and increase its power.” (Bradbury, 122) This quote shows how those afraid of taking a stand ultimately assist in large-scale conformism. Through fear and vulnerability, dictatorial tactics are easily integrated into large groups of people in shorter amounts of time. The Town’s people are sticking together to preach what they believe is the truth. This quote begins pointing to how Bradbury Uses Fahrenheit 451 to predict a possible consequence of a constant flow of regulated media. In addition to fictional media control, Bradbury also had real-life examples up his sleeve. “Bradbury, who began his career as a contributor to pulp-fiction monthlies and as writer of radio-scripts, understood early the intellectually impoverishing effect of television in comparison...
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...mind and also knows how to reach the goal. We talked to him for two hours – he is an unusually interesting interlocutor. We're shooting a movie with Perelman. In our film, we want to talk about cooperation and confrontation between three major world mathematical schools In our film, we want to talk about cooperation and confrontation between the three major world mathematical schools whose efforts help to study and manipulate the universe: Russian, Chinese and American. Perelman and American scientist Hamilton made the main thing – they found a way to comprehend the shape of our universe. The film is about the knowledge of the universe and people who learn it. It is also about the ethical "standards" in science and scientists forced conformism ... Fragments of an interview c G.Y.Perelman: «I’m able to calculate interstices» - Grigori Yakovlevich, you presented the USSR in the mathematical competition in Budapest as far back as you were schoolboy. Then you took the gold medal … - While we were preparing to the competition, we tried to solve the problem, where the ability to think abstractly was an indispensable condition. That abstraction from mathematical logic was the whole point of our daily training. It is necessary to imagine the «small piece of the world» to find the proper solution. - Isn’t it difficult to schoolboys? - If we talk about the conditioned and unconditioned reflexes, the infant learns the world from birth. If you can train arms and legs, why can’t you...
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...one’s self-image. To give an example, someone’s motivation to further his/her own interests could cause that person to knowingly or unknowingly overlook information that disputes his/her beliefs. Similarly, if someone made a mistake, but was fearful that his/her self-image would be tarnished if s/he admitted it, that person may be willing to ignore facts and blame something else to preserve his/her ego. In both cases, facts and logic are ignored by the individual in order to help or serve himself. Conversely, an impediment to critical thinking can be attributed to group pressure when an individual accepts an idea simply to “fit in” with society or because their group views themselves as the better than others. A perfect example of such conformism is the existence of ritual sacrifice in ancient cultures. There was no sound evidence to prove that sacrifice helped the societies, and surely some individuals opposed the idea, but because it was tradition and many other people accepted the idea, those non-believer’s desire to “fit in” caused them to accept flawed logic. In regard to ethnocentrism, an example of a group with such an attitude is the Nazis. They felt that their Arian race was supreme to all others, and as a result managed to persuade their members to accept the idea that alien races must be cleansed from Nazi territory. Similarly, to self-serving obstacles, group pressure obstacles cause people to overlook opposing viewpoints in exchange for fulfillment of their psychological...
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...J.D. Salinger’s novel entitled Catcher in the Rye and Burr Steer’s movie called “Igby Goes Down” are always being compared for both possess the theme of youth and its attendant angst, rebellion, non-conformism and selfishness. In the Catcher in the Rye, our protagonist is Holden Caulfield,a 16 year old lad who ran away from prep school after he has been expelled. The book mainly revolved about his endless narrative and commentary of all the people he had encountered since he ran away. Igby Goes Down, on the other hand, is about Jayson “Igby” Slocumb, 17 years old who came from a wealthy family but became fed up of his family’s “hypocrisy” and chose to run away. These two are often speculated as two pieces of the same pie but this is actually easily seen in the similarities of the two protagonists. They both ran away because their family and school are already too much to handle and they began to pin hopes that somewhere far away, everything can be better. Although both possess this sentiment, Igby and Holden handled it in a different way. While Igby is an intellectual lad who boasts around about finding the true meaning of life, Holden is a teenager who whines and curses too much and finds everybody else as phonies and jerks, except for her little sister who he cares for. Igby’s narrative is somewhat comic while Holden’s is morbid. Both do not really have particular plans in life when they ran away. They literally went with...
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