Interesting suppositions Stephen--any data to back them up? Joan [email protected]
> Chris Green, who no longer appears to be with us (was it something we > said?), has flagged (elsewhere) an interesting study, here: > > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/shocking-experiment-money/ > > The point seems to be that you don't need a Milgram-type Nazi to get > you to give shocks to someone else, only a little money. > > Hmm. I beg to disagree. I think the experimenters fail to give their > subjects enough credit. They may even be smarter than the > experimenters. > > I think they may have figured out that the study is a set-up, and no > one is really going to get shocked. After all, who hasn't heard > about Milgram these days or about devious experimenters. So they > happily go along with the role-play and pretend to shock the > "victim". The experimenters hand over the cash and no one gets hurt. > > Pretty good deal: the subjects get paid, and the experimenters get a > paper. No one feels guilty. I bet the subjects even have the decency > to pretend not to know it's all a fake when asked about it. > > (This also explains why seeing the face as well as the hand reaction > reduces the amount earned. With the face, they may be a little less > confident in their conclusion it's all a fake--but not by much.) > > Stephen > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=9875 > or send a blank email to > leave-9875-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9895 or send a blank email to leave-9895-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
