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Nov 29, 2011 22:24

I have this urge to read about psychology. A psych textbook like in high school would be good. There's this new show, Curiosity on the Discovery channel. It's a pretty cool show, it explores a different topic each week. I just watched one about how evil are you, very interesting. They can actually do brain scans to see how your brain reacts to ( Read more... )

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liz_unscripted November 30 2011, 05:03:50 UTC
I've learned about this in my classes! It's very interesting. Did you see any footage from the original Milgram experiment? I watched it one of my classes and it was scary to see how people STILL hit the shock button, even though the recording on the other end had people yelling out, "Please! I don't want to do this anymore!" and complaining about how they thought they might pass out.

You might be interested in the Stanford prison experiment, as well, if you haven't already read about it.

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blondein2ways November 30 2011, 19:29:53 UTC
I remember reading about that in high school, but that was a while ago. I'll have to check it out.

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hotclementine November 30 2011, 12:41:06 UTC
I think I remember seeing video from this in a social psych class. Crazy! It's also a bit similar to the Standford prison experiment. It is really interesting/scary to see how people deal with these types of situations.

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blondein2ways November 30 2011, 19:32:30 UTC
It is crazy! I feel like I could never be a part of these recreations though; because when they explain everything to me I'd just be like, "What is this, the Milgrim experiment?"

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daisy1028 November 30 2011, 23:30:32 UTC
I love that show. I always find shows like that to be really interesting, and they always make me want to learn more!

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