yeah, self-fulfilling prophecy. I do think you have to be careful to use the label as an excuse or a reason to avoid thinking <g>
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:22:44 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the research we did in our lab we had to be very careful about that > phenomenon. Its known as the good subject confound. Intro psych > students (the most studied animal on earth aside from rats) want to > be very pleasing and cooperative - sort of like puppies y'know. > Accordingly they are very good at guessing what the experiment's > purpose is, and respond in such a way that confirms the perceived > purpose of the study. > > We would go all out to ensure that there was no direct connection to > our hypnosis research, soliciting people for the questionnaire aspects > of the study separately, using different researchers for different > parts of the study etc. > > It makes sense in a way if you think about it. If you're up for a well > paying job you're more likely to respond to any personality test > differently than if you were just reading it in a magazine, or on the > internet, or any other situation. > > larry > > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:00:15 -0600, Deanna Schneider > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These tests are often administered in an environment with a very > > distinct power structure. In other words, if I'm at work, and we all > > take some personality test, and management tells us it's important to > > remember what someone's label is in order to work with them more > > effeciently, well then, by god, I'd better remember it. And, I'd best > > treat that person accordingly. > > > > My personal experience with it was with the "True Colors" program, > > where everyone receives a ranking of 4 colors (Blue, Gold, Orange, > > Green). But, what people remember is your "top" color. I was young > > when I took that job, and came out as an Orange-Green-Blue-Gold. My > > coworker was a Gold-Green-Blue-Orange. (Note that the two ends are > > opposites.) I kid you not, whenever we would disagree with each other, > > he would throw up his arms in disgust and say, "You're so orange!" > > *sigh* I always felt like responding, "And you're so asshole!" > > > > But, when management got involved, they actually supported the idea > > that our "colors" were the root cause of our issues. Ee gads. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 09:44:46 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Kevin wrote: > > > > Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because > > > > they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I > > > > don't work so hard. > > > > > > Speaking of Huxley, didn't Stanford do this exact experiment with 5 > > > year olds? I thought they did and found that the kids begin to > > > conform to the definitions including discriminating against others > > > based on the arbitrary assignments. > > > > > > Why do you think people fall for the labels then? I would postulate > > > that it's because we're all descendants of humans that grouped > > > together to gather food and defend themselves. Part of that natural > > > selection was humans that were wired to fall for the arbitrary "us > > > good, them bad." That means we all like labels (well most of us) that > > > differentiate us. > > > > > > which brings us back to politics ... > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134867 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
