Yassine Echagraoui

Dr. jason Smith  

“what could individuale do  “

Is being in group can help others to do better in society? Well, this article “Individuals in Groups” adapted from “In Group we shrink “by carol Tavris talks about the reaction when people in group, and how it different if they are alone?  According to the author showed an experiment about woman got crashed and people who were in group heard the crash and everybody waiting another to do something for help the lady. Instead the person who were alone. When he heard the crash he went immediately ask for help.  I believe when someone is alone can be more serious and have responsibility, because when you are in group you behave differently than when they by themselves.

Most people in this world had different experience with different mentality of people. The article mention “Most people if they observe some disaster or danger on their own…..will at least call for help “which means. When someone observe something bad it’s going to happen, that person could do something or call someone to help him. Similarly, when I was in my country I used to hang out a lot with my friends in the street. One day we went out of the city for vacation. My friend ask us to go with him in downtown in first day we arrived, as we walking in the street we saw a man try to rub a young lady. We were staring at them like nothing happened. Suddenly we sow a person running to help the lady, and then we moved on to see if the girl she is alright or she needs ambulance. From my experience I learned that people are in group are less responsible than you are in group .

Furthermore, people who have had a strong personality could do something useful to society. If they see something bad it may change it to good things. Carol Tavris, talked in the article that “the more people in group , the lazy each individual in it become “. That is to say each person in group had his own idea and different perspective to see things. Especially when you have a group of people just waiting to say something and they repeat it  after you. For example, I saw a documentary about teenager and their experience of smoking and doing drugs . had interview with a person who addicted to drugs, and asked them who was the responsible for doing this kind of thing. the kids were honest with television, and mentioned that particular friends when they being together could do anything to make them having fun. even it is dangerous for their health. just like the article when don't have a strong personality  it could affect you in front of society.

In conclusion, there are some situation in our life needs to think what we have to do, at the right moment, , by thinking independently so we can make a better decision without help from anybody.