Psychology Throughout “The Imitation Game” Ostracism is very dangerous to a person’s health and can cause detrimental damage to themselves. Throughout the movie “The Imitation Game” Alan Turing has been ostracized all of his life from in school to even as an adult. Since he was much brighter than his peers in school and enjoyed subjects like cryptography they considered him to be different from them and did not acknowledge him except for Christopher Morcom who became his only friend and first love. As an adult at work Turing was still ostracized because since he was so used to being alone he didn’t know how to properly socialize with people or how to work in a group like he was supposed to working for Bletchley trying to solve the Enigma coding …show more content…
The Enigma is a tool used by the Soviets and Germany during World War II to send coded messages that were supposed to be impossible to break. Due to Alan Turing’s genius idea of creating a machine to cycle through the millions of settings on the Enigma; sped up by already known phrases and words helped break the codes saving over an estimated fourteen million lives, and ending the war possibly two years earlier. Alan Turing is considered to be a hero for his war efforts and for the many lives he saved. Alan Turing was not treated like a war hero though. Suspicious cops followed Turing where he was seen handing an envelope to a male prostitute. He was charged with gross indecency and had a choice between jail or chemical castration. Turing decided on castration because he was afraid of losing his beloved decoding machine that he named “Christopher” after his childhood love and friend. Alan Turing committed suicide at the age of …show more content…
Being excluded or ignored by a group of people can be harmful to a person. It can make someone feel that they are alone; that they do not have anyone to care for them or to lean on it times of need. Being ostracized can make someone believe that they do not belong or that no one cares about them, which can lead to low self-esteem and depression causing one to often question taking their own life. Ostracism can cause one to go to extreme measures to gain attention such as; bullying, becoming violent, self-harm, homicidal, or suicidal. Everyone strives for attention and is a basic need for living. People need to feel that they are loved and that they belong. People are often ostracized for being different and not fitting in with the crowd; however, instead of praised for being unique and different they are excluded to feel worthless. This forces people to believe that they ought to conform to society’s standard in order to fit in and gain worth. People can be ostracized for their religion, sexual orientation, sexuality, personality, brains, social class, and even how they look. Like Alan Turing, many people are faced with ostracism because they are different forcing them to feel like they have no option but to commit
The Enigma was created at the end of World War I and patented in 1919 by Arthur Scherbius, a German engineer. The Enigma was a electro-magnetic ciphering machine and it was used by the German military as a way of communicating securely. As time went on, the Enigma was updated, and made more secure. It was used throughout World War II until the end of the war, though the Germans didn’t realize that the Enigma had been cracked by the British.
For years we have been conditioned to think, feel and act a certain way based upon what society deems ‘correct or right’. If we disagree with this way of life or thinking we are often shunned and discriminated against for differentiating from societal norms.
In effect, he could not hold a job and instead turned to writing. The effects of depression made him an alcoholic. Poe passed away mysteriously. Many people believe it was from alcohol, some believe it was drugs, while others argue it was a brain tumor. Yet the cause of death is still
Social Ostracisation is the process of alienating one of all aspects to life, love, society, comfort and security and replacing them with hate, pain and suffering. The monster is particularly used as an example of this The Creature becomes the Monster when it is deprived of any human sympathy and social
This statement suggests that Watson believed that he could manipulate any infant into who he wanted them to be. With the lack of structure in his experiment, this thought process could have been carried over into his experiment. He also did not lay out an objective means for classifying fear. The Little Albert experiment could have experienced experimenter bias as Watson saw
If a person chooses to reject these social principles, they are ostracized
John Watson is known as the creator of behaviorism. Behaviorism is a branch of psychology that focuses on a person’s behavior that’s caused by external factors. Behavior, according to Behaviorism, “can be explained without the need to consider internal mental states or consciousness” (Behaviorism. In learning Theories). In 1920 John Watson conducted what can be considered his greatest experiment. In 1920 John Watson along with Rosaline Rayner began their study of “Little Albert”. Little Albert, as Watson called him, was a healthy child that he attempted to condition by using classical conditioning. This experiment was conducted over the course of four months. Watson utilized classical conditioning to make little Albert fear a white rat. This
Whenever one does not fit the appointed position within society’s system, ostracisation and ridicule are the
Ostracism is the act of ignoring and excluding people from social groups or environments (Williams & Jarvis, 2006, Williams, Cheung, & Choi, 2000). The effect of being ostracised is so strong that there is a system in place for early detection of this occurring (Williams, von Hippel, & Forgas, 2005). This is because in general, ostracism makes people feel bad.
Social exclusion is making someone feel isolated and unimportant. It is mostly based on age, race, religion, gender, skin color, or nationality. Sometimes people are excluded just because. You may not have noticed, but social exclusion really hurts. People who have been excluded may suffer from emotional problems, stress, depression, and even suicide.
Imagine everyday of your life, knowing the fact that everywhere you go, everything you do is being observed and judged. Imagine walking into a store and having someone watch your every movement thinking that you’re going to steal an item, or reveal a bomb from under your clothes. Imagine being mocked and judged because you're "different".
Having societal standards creates people who cannot reach their full potential because of a fear of being different. Having variations in society scare people. For example, those who have disorders are treated differently than the average individual. People who dress differently or express themselves freely are always looked at differently. The differences that are seen and most of all judged, make for an undifferentiated and fake society full of lies and misperception. To counteract this, differences must be welcomed and viewed as beneficial to the
Ostracism is something no one expects when entering a relationship with someone and the outcome can be extremely detrimental to their psyche should they fall victim to it. Someone who decides to invest their time
In the history of cryptography, the Enigma was a portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. More precisely, Enigma was a family of related electro-mechanical rotor machines comprising a variety of different models.
Some people are socially excluded by the combination of their own behaviour and the society which will be explained below.