Group Synthesis Essay

Have you ever been on your own in your early life? It's hard to take care of yourself at an early age, therefore you either get tough or die. All the Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers gives the perfect example of this. Paul, a kid that has been practically taking care of himself, has been through a lot of good and bad throughout his life so far. Paul has been working at a soup kitchen for a while now, as well as helping a girl named Keisha pursue her dream in basketball. Paul is a pretty open minded person besides the fact that he doesn’t like to listen to Elijah's life tips. Elijah is the owner of the soup kitchen, and helps out Paul with whatever he needs. A lot of the characters show that they put other before themselves in many situations during the book.

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Humans are born to be social. Their is humongous value for one to belong in a group with people of similar interests because these people will improve upon one's ideas and integrate them into their group and make that one person more valuable to the group. Martin Luther King, Hitler, and Barrack Obama all show how groups bring one more value.

As humans, we are drawn to groups for numerous reasons. Society as a whole is very social. When you are a part of a group it allows you to be sociable. Additionally, we are drawn to these groups because we have a craving to feel wanted. Humans enjoy the feeling of being wanted. Another reason we are drawn together is we want to fit in. We desire to be accepted by others and fear judgement if we don’t agree with everyone else. This then causes us to conform to the rest of society and act in a similar fashion. Humans wish to be accepted, and we try not to draw attention to ourselves because of this. Love, support, and affection is what we gain from these groups. Qualities such as these are what draws us to groups. In time of despair we tend to lean on the other members to prevent us from sinking. The formation of cliques grants us a system of dependable people, which is a main reason we sway towards

It has recently been brought to my attention that our school is looking to adopt a sustainable menu into our meal program and I would like to give my viewpoint on the matter. As one many students here at Oxford Academy this change will affect me directly. Although people may at first oppose this conversion I think if we are able to overcome the first obstacles, this change would bring a great positive impact to the environment and the health of our students.

groups one could be a part of, whether it be a religious group, a group at school, a mob, a

Source III is a quotation from Arthur Schopenhauer and he states that people whose self worth needs enhancing, will resort to their shared sense of belonging to their nation-state. Schopenhauer says when one is apart of a nation they are “ready and happy to defend all its faults”. This is a type of devotion an individual illustrates when they are prideful of its nation. For example, the Nazi party was under Hitler’s rule who did not have the most pleasant ideas when it came to diminishing the cultures he had no desire for. Hitler slaughtered multiple minority groups because he wanted to create his own master race which was called the Aryans. This race would consist of people who had a pure German ethnicity, blond hair, light skin, and blue

     What is groupthink? There is a simple definition for it, but is it truly that simple? The term groupthink refers to the inclination of group members to have the same opinions and beliefs; it frequently leads to mistakes. It often occurs without an individual being aware of it. Conflict is considered to be a harmful element when related to groups, but conflict is good when considering groupthink because it helps to eliminate the existence of a groupthink. The explanation sounds simple enough, but it is more complex than the description given.

One of the oldest and most recognized forms of group activity is participation in collective state identity. Pride in one’s nation is a phenomenon that can transcend race, gender, class, sexual orientation, physical proximity and many other social groupings. This topic development will explore the sociological concept of nationalism and patriotism in relation to group identity, beliefs and subsequent actions performed by members of specified nationality groups.

Chapter conclusion: Benefits for employees are very important for companies. Benefits for employees include various insurance plans, paid vacation days, paid sick leave, paid days off, etc. Different companies need to establish different benefit plans based on their company conditions. In brief, benefit in one of the bridge between employers and employees.

Throughout today’s society, media contributes to almost everyone’s daily life. From informative news channels to comical television shows, media proves to be effective in advertisement, releasing messages and informing the audience. Although media proves to be wildly effective in advertising, releasing messages and informing the audience, periodically destructive and misleading messages are provided to the audience and directly influencing women. Cultural critics widely agree that media tends to negatively influence women and all the critics point to research which supports the belief that women are portrayed as subordinate to men, having no

"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” (Albert Einstein). The result of people who aren’t independent is more negative than positive. The articles including “Herd Behavior”, “The Stanford Prison Experiment”, "Teenage Brains are Malleable and Vulnerable Researchers Say", and “Why Do People Follow the Crowd” all show evidence towards How people are influenced. Following the crowd is one of the main results of influence people have on others. Influence naturally developed in the human brain is based on the natural inclination to follow the group as seen in teenagers.

As people, when confronted with a problem where a solution must be found, our ideal situation is to come up with the best possible one. To do this, we ideally gather the most knowledgeable, intelligent individuals into a group and attempt to derive the best solution to the problem. With the collection of these people, one would think that finding the best possible answer to the problem would be a rather simple task. However, what has happened in many situations is the complete opposite. Rather than finding the best possible solutions, many ideal, cohesive groups arrive at the worst possible answer largely due to problems in communication within the group. This is what we call the radical theory of

individuals have a motive in why and how they act. However, people often join groups because a

Human beings naturally are social creatures. In order to survive, humans have since been working together. People rely to each other in order to remain alive, whether it be with finding food, building houses, or with finding jobs. There is one famous quote by John Donne that says “No man is an island”. Humans have this need to belong in a group. This need for co-existing is what lead people into forming nations. Nations are groups of people who have a very strong bond of identity; may it be with having the same ethnicity or with having the same interests. One known description of a nation is Benedict Anderson’s (1983) conception of nations as imagined communities. They are imagined “because the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion” (Anderson, 1983, p. 15). By belonging in a certain nation or growing up in a certain environment, one develops their own national identity. There are a lot of factors as to how you can identify to a certain nation. Certain factors would be your language, ethnicity, culture, relationship to your land, your religion, spirituality, views with politics, or your land’s geography. As social beings, having a group you identify with has a very great effect on you. However, there also are