[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It's a fairy tale we (Americans) continually like to tell > ourselves...that we are rugged individualists and mavericks. > Which must why there are only two political parties, the difference between which is so vanishingly small that political campaigns almost always focus on the personal mythologies of the candidates and their families. :-)
Did you know that McCain's eldest daughter lives in Toronto? http://electopundit.blogspot.com/2008/06/john-mccains-daughter-lives-in-toronto.html ) > I am sure that people in Asch's time believed that they were rebels too... > Well, individualists if not rebels. If you didn't think (or at least speak) of yourself that way, there was a good chance that you would be called before the Unamerican Activitites Committee to have the junior senator from Wisconsin declare you a traitor (or his sidekick, the congressman from California's 12th District and future president, "Tricky Dick"). Trivia question: Who immediately succeeded to McCarthy's senate seat in Wisconsin? Answer: One of our "favorites" here at TIPS -- William Proxmire (best known for his Golden Fleece Award) Chris Green York U. Toronto ============= > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Allen Esterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 4:09 am > Subject: [tips] Asch conformity replication > > On 13 June 2008 Chris Green wrote: > >A fellow at UC Santa Cruz has replicated Solomon Asch's > >classic conformity study. > >Yes, of course people are just as conforming as they were > > in the '50s. :-) > >Read about it here: http://ahp.yorku.ca/ > > I would have thought that the propensity of human beings to conform under > the influence of peer pressure was a universal phenomenon. > > Discuss! > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > http://www.esterson.org <http://www.esterson.org/> > > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > <http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011>. > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
