Social norms
Last week while visiting the Whitney Museum, in Manhattan, I made a point of it to sing as I walked amongst the exhibit. This sort of behavior is usually discouraged in museums because one normally wouldn't care to hear another person singing while they were trying to view the artwork. It just so happened that because it was the middle of the day, on a Thursday afternoon, the museum had very few people in it, and I don't think any one expressed discomfort or dislike to my singing! Two of the guards, whom were on the same floor actually joined in for a second, and laughed and smiled at me as I continued. At first I was a little nervous to break out into song in the museum, because it happens to be one were I go often enough, and I didn't want to be looked at as a person who did not have a clear sense of thought. However, I was fully comfortable with my actions when I was joined in my song! Social pressures do not play a huge role in my life. Never do I feel obliged to dress a certain way, speak a certain way, or conform to a certain way. Of course, there are certain standards of behavior that are generally regarded as acceptable and not acceptable, but for the majority of the time I'd prefer to do things my way. Certain things s
uch as singing in a museum are less commonly done by me because it is a sign of rudeness and disrespect! 5. If I have competition, I am better at a task or exercise than if I am alone. This may be motivationally speaking, though it may be competitively speaking. With exercise I probably work harder in a step aerobics class than I do on an exercise video at home, because of motivation, not so much competition. 6. The roots of prejudice is an issue that I can not answer on my own however I believe it to be greatly attributed to fear, to gain self worth for the individual, the a governmentally enforced policy dating back to before Ancient Rome, to general family values, or just plain "group" values (again, prejudice is a sort of attitude). There is a substitute in school, for very young kids. Many of the kids act up and misbehave, so Tommy does so as well. Had he been the only one in class he would have behaved. This may be the case because others feel a sense of protective anonymity when others are doing the same thing as them. Tommy may also have had sensory overload with the loudness and hysteria of the other children, and got caught up in the moment, where running around on tables seemed the thing to do.
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