The Influence Of Society In Ian Parker's Article, Group Minds

The influences of environment and situation continuously grow as people become more and more invested in society. From doing what friends do to dressing similar to the crowd they identify themselves with, everyone is influenced by society and the atmosphere around them. In Ian Parker’s article, “Obedience,” he talks about the influence of situation which oftentimes is derived from society as people are pressured into certain situations by cliches. In Doris Lessing’s article, “Group Minds,” she talks about the effect of groups, that people often place themselves in, and how they control individuality, which is a result of social pressure to “fit in” and “make friends” that lead people into situations that place them in group minds. Society’s control on people grows as they begin to look for ways to become more accepted and acknowledged by their environment and others. Parker’s article hits the nail on the head in his effort to describe the impact of situation; which can lead good people to do bad things. The situation can not always be controlled but situations always

In Parker’s article, he explains that people often act out of ignorance, such as those selected in Zimbardo’s experiment who, thought that the experiment was a fake, but, pretended to go along with the experiment anyways for the “sake of science” (Parker 604). In many situations, big and small, people often look to social outlets to be up to date with what’s going on around them and the world, but as word and fact are exchanged through tongues, the truth is often times stretched and can potentially be overridden by exaggerations. The occurrence of the truth being stretched typically results in wrongful attention and lack of questioning that leads to blind