Thursday, May 19, 2016
Human Behavior?
After reading all the articles about the transformations of the human character, I'm really surprised and scared of the results. Before knowing about Stanford Prison Experiment, I would definitely say that I would never harm and treat innocent people like that. But, after thinking about it... What's the difference between those ordinary people and me? None. They were normal students, like you and me. It amazes me how people can be seduced into things they never though they would do and how institutional environments can create pressures on people to move to the dark side and show the worst of them. Like Phillip Zimbardo states, "Unless you are put in the situation you don't know what you would do". Psychologists classify this last theory as a "Human Behavior", something we can't change. Do you agree with them or do you think there's a solution to this problem?
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I definitely agree that it is alarming how these are all regular people, and it is very likely it could happen to any one of us. It only becomes a problem though, when a truly "bad" person gets enough power and authority to persuade others, who then engage in natural human behavior and obey, and conform to be like the rest of the group. I think it is important to have individuals who do not always want to conform and who can realize the power of the individual, which many people are. It only takes one person standing up in a situation to create a chain of people following them.
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