Symptoms such as these add to the revolutionary feeling of the times. Sometimes events that can be considered symptoms create so much bad feeling that they can also be considered underlying causes. Finally, there is a spark. The spark is that event which triggers the rebellion. It is the immediate cause of the rebellion. It is not always easy to decide which things are underlying causes, which are symptoms, and which is the spark. However, to make sense of any rebellion, it is useful to try.
For example, was slavery the underlying cause of the Civil War? Was the election of Lincoln? Look at the cartoon closely and see if you can pick out the underlying causes of the accident, the symptoms of trouble, and the spark, or immediate cause, of the accident. What Caused the Riot at the Football Game?
South and Main high schools had been football rivals for years. Both schools had top teams which, this year, were undefeated in their league. Students were looking forward to the big game when they would play each other for the city championship. South student came from low-income families, while Main students came from upper-income families. Both schools served the same general neighborhood. Categories: Psychology. An appreciated reading, for self-reflection and understanding types pretty common in the lower classes of society.
Vow, this is really the perfect description of one of my neighbors who everyone on our street complains about. I know his physical feature might have quite some impact on his personality development when he was young. Now I can understand his behavior and really feel kind sorry for him. This is a good reading, I see myself similar to most of the trait that you have described.
I have a very hard time following those orders. I became rebellious doing things differently, finding numerous ways to beat the system. It created a hard time for my upperclassmen, they really want to kick me out; but they decided not to. Though, I know being rebellious can caused me trouble but I have no shame to admit that I am one.
I enjoy reading this. Well said!!! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. History is full of examples of small and even symbolic triggers acting as significant catalysts for change.
Too often, however, we reduce complex phenomena into simple, manageable stories. Yet social change is a complex system, full of interdepencies and non-linear responses, based on a range of psychological and societal factors.
As much as I hate to disappoint you, the occurrence of collective action seems to be more like an art than a genuine science. Cohen-Chen, S. Yes we can? Group efficacy beliefs predict collective action, but only when hope is high.
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1 , Loewenstein, G. This topic really made me think about the whole nature vs. The debate between nature vs. I think your article was very interesting and it would be really cool to see if this could break the whole nature vs. This is really interesting! And the picture at the end of Creed was very funny and accurate! Because of the lack of studies done on this topic, I wonder if the grey matter is really what these scientists believe it to be, or something completely different unknown to science yet.
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