Stanford Study in the 1970s.

[eviilboy]

This was recently brought to my attention by a couple people.

It's a very interesting look into how people function when they're given power and how people function when it's taken away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment


And the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXy8CLqgk4

Also, another very interesting study / read along the same lines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment


Note, if you have no reason to post in this thread other than to talk shit about Ron Paul.. Move on, this thread has nothing to do with Ron Paul, or politics so die.

[jägermeister]

hmm i actually read it. and I'm surprised to see how quickly they all adapted to it. Its almost as if the ones appointed as guards took it a bit too far.

[Rufus]

haha but it's all in fun bud.

Have you seen this:

There was a "Teacher" and a "Learner" and a researcher. The researcher told the Teacher to say words to the Learner and if the Learner got them wrong, the teacher had to increase the voltage.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3498891302995765561&q=Milgram+Experiment

[eviilboy]

hmm i actually read it. and I'm surprised to see how quickly they all adapted to it. Its almost as if the ones appointed as guards took it a bit too far.

Seriously, alot of people say that people are really good in nature. But given the results of those two studies.. I'm kinda scared, lol. I would like to hope that I'd be one of the people who would stop as soon as I realized I was hurting someone. :(

[02BLKCIVIC]

WOW never heard of that...

[jägermeister]

I wonder what would have happened had it not ended early.

[rudsone]

Zimbardo is a homo!

lol
ive watched like 5 of his gay movies in psych class

interesting though.

[eviilboy]

I wonder what would have happened had it not ended early.


Yeah the fact that they had to end the experiment in only 6 days was kinda disturbing.