As a peer ou yours, I don't think this is true, don't think this is true, don't think this is true, don't think this is true, don't think this is true, don't think this is true...... (echoing on)...
You will recant..... ;) -Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:29 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The Anti Terrorism Act.. > > > Working with teens in the past, I cannot discount peer pressure. > Hey it can > even affect your perception. A very old study (by Asher) had a group of > people in a dark room looking at a pinpoint of light. Normally it > would move > in a relatively random pattern, due to eye movement. The study went like > this, there was one actual subject and several confederates. They were to > report verbally how the point of light moved. When the > confederates reported > the light moving in a certain ways, almost all the subjects reported the > point of light moving in a similar pattern. In the control > condition, where > there was no collusion, the subjects reported the light moving in a random > pattern. > > You can show the same sort of results for pain perception, distance > judgements etc. Simple peer pressure can be extremely powerful. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:23 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: The Anti Terrorism Act.. > > > > > > > It isn't just that people knew about the health risks, there > > > was very targeted advertising towards teenagers and children > > > - colonizing the future y'know. At times the advertising > > > subtly discounted the health risks - e.g., showing smokers > > > engaging in "health" behaviors. Also tobacco and nicotine are > > > very addicting substances, with successful cessation rates > > > worse than heroin addiction. The cigarette companies' own > > > research demonstrated that. How about peer pressure? All of > > > these factors combine to encourage smoking and for the person > > > to stay addicted to tobacco. When you are dealing with very > > > low level physiological and behavioral factors, > > > rationalization and reason simply doesn't cut it. > > > > > > > Valid points, except for peer pressure. I refuse to accept > > peer pressure > > as a valid excuse. If you do something just because your friends are > > doing it, you have no one to blame but yourself. > > > > -RC > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
