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I have to write a speech on acceptance,part of the speech is about why humans need accepance and I need a quoteable expert/sorce.

Humans are by nature, a pack animal, and need acceptance into the pack to satisfy their need to belong.

quote me as a source

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Humans are by nature, a pack animal, and need acceptance into the pack to satisfy their need to belong.

quote me as a source

:cool:

would quote you but i dont think that my teacher would be pleased:rolleyes:

Don't know who said it, but:
"Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens."

Don't know who said it, but:
"Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens."
o this might work...thanks.
any one elce?

What sort of acceptance are we talkign abotu here?

Don't know who said it, but:
"Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens."
Arthur Gordon, should Antikythera need a source.

You also might want to look here:
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotations/acceptance/

What sort of acceptance are we talkign abotu here?
the need humans have to be accepted and howour socioty is lacking in being accepting of those that are differant from our selves.
edit: i need a quotable soce of why we feed on social acceptance, and why people want to be accepted- how it feels

Arthur Gordon, should Antikythera need a source.

You also might want to look here:
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotations/acceptance/
Wasn't Arthur Gordon and Edgar Allen Poe character?

Nope...that was Arthur Gordon Pym.

I have to write a speech on acceptance,part of the speech is about why humans need accepance and I need a quoteable expert/sorce.

I'd look at it from a psychological perspective:

we need acceptance in the same way apes need to groom one another - it reinforces ego integrity; lets us know our place in the pecking order; and reassures us that if anything goes wrong in our lives and we need help, those people who have previously accepted us will be there to help us.

Look at Goffman in social psychology, Buss in Evolutionary psychology, and uh... google 'comparitive psychology' to find an expert about ape grooming and how this is analogous to acceptance-ego integrity in humans. Also Lazarus in health psychology about the importance of a social support network in dealing with stressors - we need to know we're accepted so we're reassured we _have_ people to rely on for when we're subject to a stressor (e.g. divorce, death, work overload, relationship problem, illness etc etc).

the need humans have to be accepted and howour socioty is lacking in being accepting of those that are differant from our selves.
edit: i need a quotable soce of why we feed on social acceptance, and why people want to be accepted- how it feels
The quote I gave probably isn't great then. It's more to do with acceptance of or apathy to ideas - apathy to religion, that sort of thing.

i'll post the speech in a bit

Ugg.. This assignment sound horrible. What class is this for?

Ugg.. This assignment sound horrible. What class is this for?
speech class:(

speech class:(
Grrrr.. :sniper:
Well good luck and just know that acceptance is a really really sappy topic.

Grrrr.. :sniper:
Well good luck and just know that acceptance is a really really sappy topic.Well, you can involve lots of things. Hazing is an interesting topic intimately related to acceptance. Just goes to show how far some people go to be accepted.

Humans need acceptance, its part of Maslow's heirarchy. But humans are apathetic towards humans that are not part of their group because usually another group wants something that is contrary to the intrests of the first group. Humans look out for their own intrests first and foremost. When we fail to look out for our own intrests we die, because there are other groups in which people can only gain acceptance by killing those from other groups.

Groups are part of a survival mechanism. When humans were not the ruling species of the planet (and before we had technology to a superior extent) humans needed groups to protect themselves from larger predators, survival in numbers.

Today we need groups again for survival and protection from other groups. Even so called "individualists", such as goths, or anarchists, conform to whatever group they belong to (Wearing all black, hating certain people, ect.). There are only two types of people, those that lead the pack, and the conformists.

But humans are apathetic towards humans that are not part of their group because usually another group wants something that is contrary to the intrests of the first group.I wouldn't call mistrusting and/or hostile 'apathic'.

There are only two types of people, those that lead the pack, and the conformists.And hermits.
Some don't care to lead, nor to be led. Actually, neither do I and I'm not much of a hermit, just some of it ;)
Actually a lot of packs aren't led by anyone, it leads sort of it's own life.

Well, you can involve lots of things. Hazing is an interesting topic intimately related to acceptance. Just goes to show how far some people go to be accepted.
i do talk about the school shooting that took place in cnadia april 28 '99 that was caued by a boy not being accepted

What is the meaning of life???? or what do you think what it is and this is for philosophe class

AND I HATE THIS CLASS :sniper: :sniper: :mp5: :gundge:

What is the meaning of life???? or what do you think what it is and this is for philosophe classI've always liked the thought that "the meaning of life is to find meaning to life" or variants thereof.

I wouldn't call mistrusting and/or hostile 'apathic'.

And hermits.
Some don't care to lead, nor to be led. Actually, neither do I and I'm not much of a hermit, just some of it ;)
Actually a lot of packs aren't led by anyone, it leads sort of it's own life.


Apathetic that if in one conflict between two other groups a third group see's no gain in helping either side, but does see that if both groups weaken themselves, they can both be forced to serve the intrests of the third group.So they apear apathetic during that conflict, or if they have no intrest in taking either group they can simply be apathetic to the conflict.

Hermits are a third group yes, but even they are a group of people and they conform to an ideal.

Alot of packs don't have a specific leader no, but someone is always pulling the strings or striking certain chords to get certain results, even if they don't take credit for their work.

Hermits are a third group yes, but even they are a group of people and they conform to an ideal.I don't see how they are a 'group', other than in the meaning of a class/sort of people. They don't belong together or do stuff together. And ignoring the world is hardly an ideal to follow.

Alot of packs don't have a specific leader no, but someone is always pulling the strings or striking certain chords to get certain results, even if they don't take credit for their work.Every member of a group 'strikes cords' to get certain results. Even if it's mostlyagreeing with others in the group
In many cases I wouldn't say there is any one implicit leader, but they all somewhat lead. Also consider things like 'groupthink', how bad ideas can get reflected and intensified in a group, ending with everyone following an idea that, given a moment thought, they'd disagree with.

Re acceptance: Referring to current affairs usually goes down well. How about Googling 'multi-cultural***'?

You could refine it by checking out UK citizens' reaction to the London bombings being done by people who grew up in the UK (ie, were 'accepted' -- or were they? The BBC has just done a special on working-class white resentment of migrants that might be useful).

Then there's the recent beach riots at Cronulla in Australia; originally described as religious/racist, but as soon as the Neo-Nazis started using it other groups started moving towards 'bored young males risk-taking/marking territory' (ie, Australians are less 'accepting' towards Nazis than they are towards any other group?).

The earlier point about the difference between 'tolerance' and 'acceptance' is a really basic one that (to my mind) you can't afford to miss out.