Why do people sometimes feel that they need to socially conform to what is going on around them, even if they do not want to do so?

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Write a 750-1,000-word paper outlining the importance of empathy,   probing, and summarizing in the counseling process. Include the   following in your paper:

1. The role of empathy in the counseling relationship
2. Techniques for establishing empathy with a client. Provide at     least one example to illustrate these techniques.
3. The role     of probing and summarizing in the counseling relationship
4. How the counselor knows that his/her responses effectively     address the client’s message. Provide at least one example to     illustrate your response.
5. Verbal and nonverbal cues     indicating that the counselor is not effectively connecting with the   client 

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During Module 4, we examine why most people tend to conform in most of their social interactions, while others deviate from the existing social norms. After you have read the reading assignment and lecture for this module, please respond to all parts of the discussion by the due date assigned.

1. Why do people sometimes feel that they need to socially conform to what is going on around them, even if they do not want to do so?
2. How do the social institutions of our country (e.g., schools, the healthcare system, the economy, religious organizations) play a role in encouraging social conformity, as well as social deviance?
3. In reviewing the following video “Solomon Asch’s Conformity Experiment Today” at http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/solomon-aschs-conformity-experiment-today/, describe why the individuals in the Asch experiment usually gave the same answer when they probably knew that it was wrong.