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Brainstorm (Ideas (Story follows the main character as his classmates…
Brainstorm
Ideas
Class excursion to an art gallery. The main character (MC) and 4 other students must work together to complete a worksheet given out by their teacher. As they have been studying specific art pieces for several lessons now, some of the answers to the questions are not actually in the art gallery. One of the children in MC's group thinks that one of them should answer all of these "memory questions". 2 other students agree with him. The child that spoke up points to MC and says that he should answer all of the questions because he's "good at art". Other 2 students agree and they begin pressuring MC to answer the questions. MC takes the sheet and answers the first "memory question", but he doesn't know the answer for the next one and pauses while he tries to remember. 3 students that pressured him complain about him taking too long, fourth student (who hasn't said anything yet grabs the sheet and pencil. She states that they should "all take turns". The story plays out from there.
Story follows the main character as his classmates pressure him (either directly or indirectly) pressure him to do something that he is not entirely comfortable doing
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Art is a theme in all of my concepts because it is a form of self expression and peer pressure often blocks a person's ability to do this
Audience
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Target
Children that are already experiencing peer pressure by consciously being aware of the actions of the children/adults around them and changing their decisions to fit the majority.
Research
Past Attempts
Successful
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Was able to show the different kinds of peer pressure that occur without being very obvious about it
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Statstics
‘Humans do not only conform to arbitrary fashions but also to majority opinion even when they know better… We learn specific behaviour by observing other group members. [When faced with information that is against personal beliefs or preferences] we often succumb to the point of view of the majority.’
18 of the 24 children ‘conformed at least once although they knew the majority response to be false.’
12 of the 18 children conformed to the majority at least once. For those they were only required to point, 8 of 18 children conformed to the majority’s judgement.
Children that were members of groups that wished to behave selfishly thought it was wrong and even going on to explain how it was wrong. These children believed that one should stand up to groups that want to be unfair but are still concerned about how this will lead to social exclusion.