In the past few days, we been looking at different case studies mostly revolving around human behavior and how it applies to criminal cases. We learn that individuals can be good and normal, but under certain situations they will change.
I tend to notice this a lot in social groups, especially in the adolescent age. When I go help out at elementary and middle school, I often time listen in to the conversation. I find it fascinating how some people can be so nice, but when you put them into a group or with a certain someone, they suddenly become someone different. They might gang up on another person or they might talk smack about them.
When they're alone they would say "I hate it when people talk behind your back. It's wrong, and I would never treat someone in the way I don't want to be treated" However, I think in most cases, when they're with certain person, everything just spills. It reminds me of Mean Girls. Cathy was a good girl, but being put into the circle and not given much rules, she turned into this nasty-character.
I think when we're in a group, we often time conform to the standards of the group and forget to think about what is right and what is wrong because everyone "does" it.
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