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	5 Psychological Experiments That Expose Humanity's Dark Side

swampfoxz

11-9-2008 10:51 AM

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#2. The Stanford Prison Experiment (1971)

The Setup: Psychologist Philip Zimbardo wanted to find out how captivity affects authorities and inmates in prison. Sounds innocent enough. Seriously, what could go wrong?
#1. The Milgram Experiment (1961)

The Setup: When the prosecution of the Nazis got underway at the Nuremberg Trials, many of the defendants' excuse seemed to revolve around the ideas of, "I'm not really a prick" and, "Hey man, I was just following orders." Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram wanted to test willingness of subjects to obey an authority figure. Maybe he could just, you know, ask people? Oh, hell no. That would not be nearly horrifying enough.

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        Psychological Experiments That Expose Humanity's Dark Side</FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></FONT></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mindpowernews.com/5Psychological.htm"><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><DIV>Oh, we're 
        not talking about the occasional psychopath who turns up. No, we're talking 
        about you. The experiments speak for themselves:</DIV>
<FONT size="3"><B>#5. The Asch Conformity Experiment (1953)</B></FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mindpowernews.com/5Psychological.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><B>The Setup:</B> 
        Solomon Asch wanted to run a series of studies that would document the 
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