Sentences with phrase «authority figures even»

His obedience experiments revealed a disturbing truth about society and people's willingness to obey authority figures even if they don't want to.

The infamous Milgram experiment, in which subjects believed they were delivering increasingly painful high - voltage shocks to other participants for giving incorrect answers, demonstrated people's willingness to obey an authority figure even when asked to do something reprehensible.

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Unfortunately, many of us have already been conditioned to accept these proclamations as fact without even conducting any independent research on our own to (1) determine if the authoritative figure is even an authority on the topic, which in many cases, he or she is not; and (2) determine if what the authoritative figure is stating is actually true or not.

What the authorities admitted holding as of last summer was almost unbelievably small compared to what even the official figures streaming through Hong Kong alone, plus domestic production add to the total, and China is now the number one global gold producer.

Even though its goal was non-authoritarian, its therapy was dispensed by an authority figure.

That one presidential gesture in 1981 validated Falwell's claim to authority, even though he was just one of many figures vying to lead the evangelical movement in the early 1980s.

Rowling deals with human sin in a realistic and very modern fashion: even figures of great authority commit sins and must learn wisdom in the wake of youthful folly.

He doesn't pursue dark magic; he isn't contemptuous of authority figures, even if he feels misunderstood by or is impatient with them; he is not consumed with the lust for power, far less with the ultimate goal of that path — rendering oneself immortal without reference to God.

Even if the founders of these great faiths had pure intentions, those authority figures who followed in their footsteps certainly did not.

They'll have their own rosters, writers, stories, authority figures, announce teams, and maybe even pay - per - views.

Never interact with authority - figure Foley if you're a heel, because his instinct is to ruin your life even if you haven't done anything wrong.

Get caught cheating just once and authority figures will always have a hard time trusting you — even if you never cheat again.

Encourage your child to ignore or walk away from bullies, and to tell an authority figure like a teacher, principal or even another parent if it doesn't stop right away.

Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.

Even children who are four years old spontaneously help others with no apparent concern for approval from friends and / or authority figures, personal benefits, or moral (good / bad) imperatives.

Become emotionally and mentally independent by questioning the opinions of others, authority figures and even those of your own.

He was credited as consultant on numerous films, TV and radio shows and even comic books, seen in newsreels and portrayed as a figure of paternal authority whenever seen or referred to in classic movies.

Domhnall Gleeson and Aidan Gillen bring flinty, fierce authority to the parts of those other brothers busily asserting their seniority within the IRA, while Brennan movingly underplays the wild - eyed matriarch who has seen it all but is powerless to arrest the cycle of carnage that risks catching even so baleful a figure of compassion in its grip.

Even though a large part of Brakhage consists of excerpts from his work or footage of him speaking, the film is shaped by the comments of several key authority figures — particularly filmmaker Phil Solomon near the beginning and Sitney near the end — and their remarks shape our view of Brakhage.

Gwendolyn is painted as such a harridan that she even intimidates some of the male authority figures at school, including a wimpy soccer coach (J.J. Watt) and an indifferent principal (Wendell Pierce).

When they act out, it helps me to realize that even though I have taught the students to behave otherwise, and the students are purposely misbehaving, I need to remember that the students are lashing out at the authority figure.

This represents only 59 % of the total number of local authorities so «across all local authorities the figure is set to be even bigger», claims the party.

The more detailed local authority figures show that the pursuit of places can be even more intense in certain boroughs.

Even Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, a classic of children's literature, by an introverted woman who generally adored small animals, offered up a pesky idiot - squirrel who riddles a landed authority figure into a fury.

Getting even one review from someone who is viewed as an authority figure in your niche can do a lot to bolster sales.

Most dogs, even those that are well - trained, do not consider children as figures of authority.

- We observed that our CAGW scare - mongering, peer - reviewed, sanctimonious authority - figures never chose to LEAD BY PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND FROM THE FRONT in the fight against demon - carbon but always seemed to have a hot - babe, CO2 succubus or two or three on the side (and quite brazen about the whole deal) even as they demanded carbon - chastity for us peasants.

If you rely on someone else, you'll never get it — you'll never even be able to get it — you would just have to take some authority figure's word for it — and of what use is that??? If there's any important lesson arising out of this whole solar - terrestrial - climate discussion, it's that the western math education system needs a SEVERE overhaul...

The analogy Krauthammer suggests of the rain man — an authority figure possessed of commanding prestige despite lacking even rudimentary analytic powers — turns out to be apt; only he is describing himself.

Even as a Canadian content strategy was being developed and implemented in Canada, the authority figures in London continued to be sceptical, still seemingly unaware of the reality that a Canadian legal information publisher must have Canadian legal information to sell if it is to succeed.