tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post3000834157435923760..comments2023-09-01T12:27:26.422+00:00Comments on It's quite an experience: Bad behaviour down to genes, not poor parenting, says studyRadagasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post-16962384214316361332010-09-30T22:14:21.491+00:002010-09-30T22:14:21.491+00:00Mark: LOL. Yes, well... I suppose if we're ...Mark: LOL. Yes, well... I suppose if we're determined to look on the bright side, then I imagine we can draw comfort from the stated fact that Bandleblatt acknowledges *some* authority over himself, even if he never expects to be held to account!<br /><br />Anyway, I think what happened at Stanford was this (based on my very limited understanding of the Experiment, but my wider understanding of people, generally): as you say, the subjects (both guards and prisoners), adopted the roles assigned to them, with one added point I think. That point is that the subject behaved as they *imagined* that prisoners/guards would behave. Where did they get these models from? No idea - that'd be a question for them, but they evidently thought that it was "normal" to behave as they did, otherwise they wouldn't have conducted themselves as they did.<br /><br />MattRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post-10021583444437107372010-09-30T21:10:40.378+00:002010-09-30T21:10:40.378+00:00The Stanford prison experiment, showed when placed...The Stanford prison experiment, showed when placed into roles of guard or prisoner, we humans tend to act in the role we are forced to play.<br />That psychiatry is trying to control people , and killing them with a shorter life span from the "medicines" for their illness must be overlooked... <br />Psychiatrists dont have God complexs<br />Delusions of grandeur.<br />"In a contentious Feb. 26 deposition between Dr. Biederman and lawyers for the states, he was asked what rank he held at Harvard. “Full professor,” he answered.<br />“What’s after that?” asked a lawyer, Fletch Trammell.<br />“God,” Dr. Biederman responded.<br />“Did you say God?” Mr. Trammell asked.<br />“Yeah,” Dr. Biederman said."Mark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.com