This is pretty basic human interaction that has been done, without experiment, for eons. One example we learned about in Mormon seminary class in high school was the period of conflict between the indigenous people near Utah Lake south of Salt Lake City, Utah in the mid-1800s. The Mormons were also in conflict with the U.S. Government in what is referred to as The Mormon War. Well, when soldiers started abusing the indigenous people as well, both the Mormons and indigenous tribes realized they had a common enemy and worked together instead of attacking each other. That's only one example. I'm certain other societies has similar histories.
Sounds interesting, I didn't know that! Even if we know something from our own experience or because it makes sense, psychology has to prove that it really is as it seems.
This experiment is one of those, it demonstrates something basic about human nature.
This is why I distrust psychology. In the name of science, they (psychologists) design human experiments, either disregarding the dangers to their subjects or proceed just to find a saleable result with or without a predetermined customer--usually a governmental agency. Examples are MKUltra, the Milgram experiments, and The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. There have been and continue to be thousands of such experiments conducted. And it's not just psychology experiments. They do not differ from what the NAZIs and Communists have done.
There is apparently no extent to which governments will go to find new ways to control their subjects. The same can be said of businesses, religions, educators, and anyone else seeking to extend control.
This is pretty basic human interaction that has been done, without experiment, for eons. One example we learned about in Mormon seminary class in high school was the period of conflict between the indigenous people near Utah Lake south of Salt Lake City, Utah in the mid-1800s. The Mormons were also in conflict with the U.S. Government in what is referred to as The Mormon War. Well, when soldiers started abusing the indigenous people as well, both the Mormons and indigenous tribes realized they had a common enemy and worked together instead of attacking each other. That's only one example. I'm certain other societies has similar histories.
Sounds interesting, I didn't know that! Even if we know something from our own experience or because it makes sense, psychology has to prove that it really is as it seems.
This experiment is one of those, it demonstrates something basic about human nature.
This is why I distrust psychology. In the name of science, they (psychologists) design human experiments, either disregarding the dangers to their subjects or proceed just to find a saleable result with or without a predetermined customer--usually a governmental agency. Examples are MKUltra, the Milgram experiments, and The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. There have been and continue to be thousands of such experiments conducted. And it's not just psychology experiments. They do not differ from what the NAZIs and Communists have done.
There is apparently no extent to which governments will go to find new ways to control their subjects. The same can be said of businesses, religions, educators, and anyone else seeking to extend control.