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Article 1

This paper aims to discuss two important articles which are really debatable in today's

world. The first article is entitled "Oh, Grow up! Generational Grumbling and the new life stage

emerging adulthood- commentary on Trzesniewski and Donellan (2010). This article is a buildup

commentary on the actual authors who have claimed that people in 1976, particularly the youth

were more contented than they are now. Today youth and young graduates are stressed enough to

settle their lives. They think the world will be kind to them and, at last, everything will be settled.

While on the other hand, young ones in 1976 had to worry about their adulthood in their teenage.

They usually settle before twenty-five. They got jobs to win bread and roof for their families,

they married at twenty-two or twenty-three hardly and enjoyed and gave time to their parents and

children; hence, they were more satisfied than the youth of today.

The author builds a commentary on this article that though those adults were more

contended, there are some other reasons which have changed the thoughts and aspirations of the

young adults. It is reported that at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the number of

enrollments in colleges has increased. Among the graduates in the year 2006, almost 57% were

females. This has created a difference. The competition has increased. Now the race is not about

winning bread and shelter for the family, but now people are more focused on saving their

identities. This can be done by doing an adventurous job, getting paid well, and at least having

fame. People now become more materialistic than they were in 1976. Today's young adult

aspires either to become a professional musician or a Hollywood icon. These things have created

delays in the adjustment of the youth in their young life. First, they marry at 22 or hardly 23, but

now they have reached the late twenties at 27 years. The almost four-year delay has changed the

generational gap. The youth who were more inclined toward their parents are now rebellious.
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The generational gap is still there and will continue to exist for future generations;

moreover, the expanding impact of information technology will not help to close the gap in any

way, shape, or form. One of the things that the author of the essay admires about grownups is

that they have a positive outlook on life and that they feel things will eventually come to a

balance and that life will provide them with opportunities to play well. They will have more hope

as a result of this, and it will prevent them from thinking destructively(Arnett, 2010).

Article 2

The second topic that will be debated is "Do people still obey?" and the primary focus of

the debate will be on the question "Do people still obey?" It is generally agreed upon that this

inquiry into human psychology is the one that stands out as the most significant and important of

its kind. It was not until after a number of years had gone that the findings of this study were

compiled, and even after that, a number of other researchers continued to work on it for a

considerable amount of time. The author drew parallels between his own work and the research

conducted by Milligram in order to demonstrate how the results have developed over time and

how much higher the level of compliance is now compared to what it was in the past. He did this

in order to demonstrate how much higher it is now compared to what it was in the past. In order

to do this, he drew comparisons between his own work and the studies conducted by Milligram.

The fifth experiment, in which one person was given the job of teaching while another

was given the ability to control him and penalise the student for each incorrect answer, is well

known to the researchers. In this experiment, one person was given the ability to teach while the

other person was given the ability to control. In this experiment, one participant was given the

responsibility of teaching, while another participant was given the opportunity to monitor the

instructor and punish the participant's pupil. The criminal received an unusual kind of
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punishment due to the peculiar manner in which the sentence was carried out. Each response that

was erroneous was going to stun the student, and they were going to be surprised. There is a

possibility that the voltage of the shock ranged anywhere from 15 to 450 volts, but this is

dependent on the question that was asked. Statistics reveal that more than 67 percent of

respondents agreed with the teacher's demands and shown a desire to receive electric shocks

when the instructor pushed them to do so. This readiness was shown when the instructor asked

them to take part in the experiment.

While the author was in the midst of carrying out the study, he made the decision not to

employ the milligramme technique because he is of the opinion that the only thing that really

counts is the continuing participation of the participants throughout the length of the research

inquiry. When they were told that they would be subjected to both electric shocks and physical

punishments as part of the experiment, the volunteers showed very little enthusiasm in taking

part in the study. The author used an innovative approach in order to obtain the essential

information in order to accomplish his goal of determining the level of compliance. The results

for the year 2006 were a little bit different since there was very little compliance with the criteria.

This is the primary reason for the difference (Burger, 2009)

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References.

Arnett, J. J. (2010). Oh, grow up! Generational grumbling and the new life stage of emerging

adulthood—Commentary on Trzesniewski & Donnellan (2010). Perspectives on

Psychological Science, 5(1), 89–92.

Burger, J. M. (2009). Replicating Milgram: Would people still obey today? American

Psychologist, 64(1), 1.