Monday, November 11, 2013
blog #12
We should educate young kids regarding the danger of smoking and the use of other drugs that can harm them and their bodies. There are limited resources that provides schools, parents and kids about the dangers of drugs. Everyone has their favorite actor who they look up and wants to be like them, especially young kids.Considering most kids are watching television all the time, we need to restrict them of what they can watch and what they can't. In the mean time we also need to teach them why it is so important to stay away from drugs what they can do to prevent themselves from using it. Having more advertisements about drugs and the dangers it can do to your body , I think it will help and reduce the percentage of young kids addicted to drugs.
In a survey published by Dr. James D. Sargent , kids between the ages 10-14 years that watches R-rated movies containing smoking and other drugs are more likely to smoke and destroy their lives.
Kids are not only exposed by drugs in movies, but at home and school. Parents are the first role models to their kids, in fact most kids wants to be like their mom or dad at one point in their life. One of my friend who I thought would never smoke because we were always against it and said to each that we would never do drugs or smoke. One day she informed me that she was addicted to smoking a whole pack of cigarette a day. I was obviously very sad and devastated at that point, but tried to understand why and how she started to smoke. It happened when she was a very young age , when she saw her dad smoking and she started to steal the cigarette from her dad. At first it was just a try, but then it became a habit.She stated that she just wanted to try because it looked cool and nothing happened to her dad's health. At that time also many parents did not have that type of education to inform their kids that smoking is bad for your health. Even at school we were not educated much about smoking and what the consequences. For example smoking can give you cancer or have hearth and lung problems. Now there are more pictures ,commercial , billboards regarding companies that provide services to get help if you want to quite smoking or if you want to quite using other drugs like cocaine or marijuana than before.
Thirty- Eight percent of kids tend to imitate their favorite actors from different types of movies. Many kids would dress, talk, and even end up doing drugs just to stand out around their piers. In the passage "Children who had the greatest exposure to smoking in movies were more than two and a half times as likely to start smoking as those who had the lowest exposure." Yes, kids will try to be and act like their favorite actor at home , in school and among their friends just to impress the people around them and also for attention. Kids are exposed to smoking from small when they watch television. For example , watching cartoon when Tom and Jerry smoking cigars and even drinking wine to impress their girlfriends. I have seen kids try to take a lollipop stick or a Popsicle stick and pretend to smoke because they saw it on television. Now how can you explain to 2 or 3 year old that what he or she did is wrong and can harm your life, when Tom and Jerry is one of their favorite show and characters. It's up to us now to protect our kids from not only television, but also their favorite characters who are showing them that smoking and drugs are cool.
There are many ways we can help young kids from staying away from drugs. We need to have have strict regulations and rules on all businesses that produce cigarette and other type of drugs to companies that sell these products. Creating more awareness in school and movies can help prevent young kids from using drugs.
blog # 13
Individuals in Groups
Something happens to individuals when they are in groups. They think and act differently than they would on their own. Most people, if they observe some disaster or danger on their own- a woman being stabbed , a pedestrian slammed by a hit- and -run driver- will at least call for help; many will even risk their own safety to intervene. But if they are in a group observing the same danger, they hold back.The reason has more to do with the nature of groups than the nature of the individuals.
In one experiment in behavioral psychology, students were seated in a room, either alone or in groups of three, as a staged emergency occurred: Smoke began pouring through the vents. Students who were on their own usually hesitated a minute, got up, checked the vents and then went out to report what certainly seemed like a fire. But the students who were sitting in groups of three did not move. They sat there for six minutes, with smoke so thick they could barely see, rubbing their eyes and coughing.
In another experiment, psychologists staged a situation in which people overheard a loud crash, a scream an a woman in pain, moaning that her ankle was broken. Seventy percent of those who were alone when the "accident" occurred went to her aid, compared with only 40 percent of those who heard her in the presence of another person.
Psychologists call this "diffusion of responsibility " or "social loafing." The more people in a group, the lazier each individual in it becomes. Often, observers think nothing needs to be done because someone else has already taken care of it, and the more observers there are, the less likely any one person is to call for help.
Adapted from " In Groups We Shrink" by Carol Tavris. Originally published in the Los Angels Times, 1991.
Sample Essay Response
People are not the same when they are in a group. A person is smart, responsible, reasonable, and hardworking. A person cares for others and knows his or her moral standing. People are unintelligent, scared , lazy and onlooking. People seem to think that its always some elses problem All they can do is watch so thats what they will do. Yes, a person is less likely to act if no else is acting. Even if it is the moral or professional duty of a person to help or act. they may fail if they feel out numbered.
Carol Tavris says from her "In Groups We Shrink" that , in groups , people have, what Psychologist call, "diffusion of responsibility" or " social loafing".
Experiments show that students, in a room filling with smoke, would be more likely to call for help if they were alone. This is contrary to the test with multiple students who would sit there and allow the smoke to fill the room. In a real life situation the people who do not act upon smoke is not likely to survive.
Experiments show that students, in a room filling with smoke, would be more likely to call for help if they were alone. This is contrary to the test with multiple students who would sit there and allow the smoke to fill the room. In a real life situation the people who do not act upon smoke is not likely to survive.
This behavior is not restricted to young college students which have little life experience. In a surveillance video of a parking lot, a man was stabbed and them mugged. The assailant escape leaving the man bleeding. The man gathered enough strenght to stumble in front of the traffic going though the parking lot. He might have though to himself that this would be a fast way to get help. The drivers proved him wrong. Cars would drive around him to avoid him. Perhaps these people did not want to hold up traffic. Each minute wasted is more blood drained. Even a school bus carefully tried to avoid him. The man, knelt down hold his arms up with blood on them Finally a lone man got out of his car and assisted the man to the hospital. It took almost an hour for someone to decide to help and it was during a gap where the savior was alone with no traffic and no passenger.
At the hospital one could be treated for whatever ailments one may have. That is why the stab victim wanted to go so badly. But even at the hospital there is no guarantee. At one New York City hospital, a elderly woman collapsed due to a heart condition in the lobby. All the people waiting watched as she hit the floor. However they returned to whatever they were doing. Minutes go by and activity around her remained normal. Doctors were seen walking passed and then disappearing past the camera. Almost an hour passes by and finally a guard is seen feeling her pulse. After ten minutes a stretcher comes to take her away. What took so long ? Whatever the case may be the assured thought was that some else must be handling it.
There are cases of individuals who would help despite other people. But the general masses are always onlookers. As seen, students seem to disregard their own life from laziness. even adults and professionals are guilty of this. This is the nature of people. That is why there are heroes in the world. There needs to be a balance.
Something happens to individuals when they are in groups. They think and act differently than they would on their own. Most people, if they observe some disaster or danger on their own- a woman being stabbed , a pedestrian slammed by a hit- and -run driver- will at least call for help; many will even risk their own safety to intervene. But if they are in a group observing the same danger, they hold back.The reason has more to do with the nature of groups than the nature of the individuals.
In one experiment in behavioral psychology, students were seated in a room, either alone or in groups of three, as a staged emergency occurred: Smoke began pouring through the vents. Students who were on their own usually hesitated a minute, got up, checked the vents and then went out to report what certainly seemed like a fire. But the students who were sitting in groups of three did not move. They sat there for six minutes, with smoke so thick they could barely see, rubbing their eyes and coughing.
In another experiment, psychologists staged a situation in which people overheard a loud crash, a scream an a woman in pain, moaning that her ankle was broken. Seventy percent of those who were alone when the "accident" occurred went to her aid, compared with only 40 percent of those who heard her in the presence of another person.
Psychologists call this "diffusion of responsibility " or "social loafing." The more people in a group, the lazier each individual in it becomes. Often, observers think nothing needs to be done because someone else has already taken care of it, and the more observers there are, the less likely any one person is to call for help.
Adapted from " In Groups We Shrink" by Carol Tavris. Originally published in the Los Angels Times, 1991.
Sample Essay Response
People are not the same when they are in a group. A person is smart, responsible, reasonable, and hardworking. A person cares for others and knows his or her moral standing. People are unintelligent, scared , lazy and onlooking. People seem to think that its always some elses problem All they can do is watch so thats what they will do. Yes, a person is less likely to act if no else is acting. Even if it is the moral or professional duty of a person to help or act. they may fail if they feel out numbered.
Carol Tavris says from her "In Groups We Shrink" that , in groups , people have, what Psychologist call, "diffusion of responsibility" or " social loafing".
Experiments show that students, in a room filling with smoke, would be more likely to call for help if they were alone. This is contrary to the test with multiple students who would sit there and allow the smoke to fill the room. In a real life situation the people who do not act upon smoke is not likely to survive.
Experiments show that students, in a room filling with smoke, would be more likely to call for help if they were alone. This is contrary to the test with multiple students who would sit there and allow the smoke to fill the room. In a real life situation the people who do not act upon smoke is not likely to survive.
This behavior is not restricted to young college students which have little life experience. In a surveillance video of a parking lot, a man was stabbed and them mugged. The assailant escape leaving the man bleeding. The man gathered enough strenght to stumble in front of the traffic going though the parking lot. He might have though to himself that this would be a fast way to get help. The drivers proved him wrong. Cars would drive around him to avoid him. Perhaps these people did not want to hold up traffic. Each minute wasted is more blood drained. Even a school bus carefully tried to avoid him. The man, knelt down hold his arms up with blood on them Finally a lone man got out of his car and assisted the man to the hospital. It took almost an hour for someone to decide to help and it was during a gap where the savior was alone with no traffic and no passenger.
At the hospital one could be treated for whatever ailments one may have. That is why the stab victim wanted to go so badly. But even at the hospital there is no guarantee. At one New York City hospital, a elderly woman collapsed due to a heart condition in the lobby. All the people waiting watched as she hit the floor. However they returned to whatever they were doing. Minutes go by and activity around her remained normal. Doctors were seen walking passed and then disappearing past the camera. Almost an hour passes by and finally a guard is seen feeling her pulse. After ten minutes a stretcher comes to take her away. What took so long ? Whatever the case may be the assured thought was that some else must be handling it.
There are cases of individuals who would help despite other people. But the general masses are always onlookers. As seen, students seem to disregard their own life from laziness. even adults and professionals are guilty of this. This is the nature of people. That is why there are heroes in the world. There needs to be a balance.
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