Comments on: The best social psychology studies of all time . . . http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/21/the-best-social-psychology-studies-of-all-time/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Niklaus Pfirsig http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/21/the-best-social-psychology-studies-of-all-time/#comment-15046 Niklaus Pfirsig Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:08:52 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1811#comment-15046 I recall many of these experiments from when I studied Psychology. (was planning on working in Ergonometrics so I majored in Engineering and minored in Psychology) Individual Psychology was pretty intuitive, but Social Psycology just blew me away. Every social animal known behaves differently in a social context. When I trained dogs as a hobby, I was well aware of pack behavior, and was safe in the presence of large packs of strays, because I understood them as a pack. Human social behavior, however is so intricately interwoven that it is something of awe and beauty. Politicians (or more likely their handlers) practice social engineering, the application of scientifically derived knowledge to manipulate and bring about a desired effect in society. What they are doing is beneficial to a small elite group in the short term and severely detrimental to the population in the long run. Q: How do you tell if a politician is lying? A: His lips move. Pardon me.. My mind is wandering and I must go catch it before it is lost. I recall many of these experiments from when I studied Psychology. (was planning on working in Ergonometrics so I majored in Engineering and minored in Psychology) Individual Psychology was pretty intuitive, but Social Psycology just blew me away. Every social animal known behaves differently in a social context. When I trained dogs as a hobby, I was well aware of pack behavior, and was safe in the presence of large packs of strays, because I understood them as a pack.
Human social behavior, however is so intricately interwoven that it is something of awe and beauty.
Politicians (or more likely their handlers) practice social engineering, the application of scientifically derived knowledge to manipulate and bring about a desired effect in society. What they are doing is beneficial to a small elite group in the short term and severely detrimental to the population in the long run.

Q: How do you tell if a politician is lying?
A: His lips move.

Pardon me.. My mind is wandering and I must go catch it before it is lost.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/21/the-best-social-psychology-studies-of-all-time/#comment-15044 Ben Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:55:52 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1811#comment-15044 The results of many of the experiments seem startling at first glance. Such as the Stanford scientist who found himself becoming a "bad" jail warden. Or the bargaining experiment where the competitors did not work together, even though it would have actually benefited them both. Or the people who were able to identify with a "group" which they didn't know anything about. However, I now see how the results of the experiments are quite understandable, once the glaring aspects of human nature are factored in. . By the way, does anybody know how to join Oprah's book club? (I think this is the kind of stuff they talk about in "The Secret") :P The results of many of the experiments seem startling at first glance. Such as the Stanford scientist who found himself becoming a “bad” jail warden. Or the bargaining experiment where the competitors did not work together, even though it would have actually benefited them both. Or the people who were able to identify with a “group” which they didn’t know anything about.

However, I now see how the results of the experiments are quite understandable, once the glaring aspects of human nature are factored in. . By the way, does anybody know how to join Oprah’s book club?

(I think this is the kind of stuff they talk about in “The Secret”) :P

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