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c. Consider the psychological consequences of stripping, delousing, and shaving the heads of prisoners or members of the military. What transformations take place when people go through an experience like this?
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d. At first push-ups were not a very aversive form of punishment, but they became more so as the study wore on. Why the change?
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f. Most prisoners believed that the subjects selected to be guards were chosen because they were bigger than those who were made prisoners, but actually, there was no difference in the average height of the two groups. What do you think caused this misperception?
ANSWER: C.
There are few greater personal challenges than losing sight of your own identity. You look the way you do. You may not like what you see, or even feel like the person you're looking at reflects the inner you, but at the end of the day, you know your face and you fall back upon that same image in the mirror each morning. Prisoners lose themselves, and it's completely intentional on the part of the superiors. Being shaved is the first step to becoming a nobody, just another face in the guilty crowd. Especially for women, hair obviously is the decoration to a bland face. It's the first step in both a physical and emotional wearing out. The same is to be said for delousing or stripping. These acts bring out the most self conscious side of a person, a vulnerable side that can be molded and manipulated. The most important trait lost is pride. Pride in oneself and one's view of themselves pertaining to the outside world. They become small, unimportant, and shameful. The perfect specimen of a broken soul to be manipulated.
ANSWER: D.
At first, push ups were no big deal. Many people incorporate push-ups into their everyday workout patterns, a routine common to get fit and healthy. Also, these are young college men. I'll bet everyone of them is coursing with ego and pride, just waiting to show each other participant in this crazy test exactly what they're made of, and at first, they may even revel in the idea of a few man-ups. However, these feelings will quickly change. The social facilitation will run it's course. As with anything, connections change actions. Push-ups are no longer a menial punishment, rather a drudgery and embarrassment, a spectacle of insubordinance and failure. Push ups will become tell alls to nosy inmates and constant reminders of failure, the reason you are where you are.
ANSWER: F.
Intimidation. Their perception stems from their unproud fear of these men who were once considered equals outside the cell walls. It's almost as if it's justification, like there could be no other reason that these men are holding power over them other than the fact that they're bigger. Their insecurities grow with every passing day and this is yet another example of how they are personally putting themselves below a "greater" authority. They're not being bullied into belief, rather they genuinely believe that they are becoming lesser. It's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more the "smaller" individuals examine the situation and search for incongruity, the bigger and bigger the guards will become, both literally and figuratively.
c. Consider the psychological consequences of stripping, delousing, and shaving the heads of prisoners or members of the military. What transformations take place when people go through an experience like this?
QUESTION
d. At first push-ups were not a very aversive form of punishment, but they became more so as the study wore on. Why the change?
QUESTION
f. Most prisoners believed that the subjects selected to be guards were chosen because they were bigger than those who were made prisoners, but actually, there was no difference in the average height of the two groups. What do you think caused this misperception?
ANSWER: C.
There are few greater personal challenges than losing sight of your own identity. You look the way you do. You may not like what you see, or even feel like the person you're looking at reflects the inner you, but at the end of the day, you know your face and you fall back upon that same image in the mirror each morning. Prisoners lose themselves, and it's completely intentional on the part of the superiors. Being shaved is the first step to becoming a nobody, just another face in the guilty crowd. Especially for women, hair obviously is the decoration to a bland face. It's the first step in both a physical and emotional wearing out. The same is to be said for delousing or stripping. These acts bring out the most self conscious side of a person, a vulnerable side that can be molded and manipulated. The most important trait lost is pride. Pride in oneself and one's view of themselves pertaining to the outside world. They become small, unimportant, and shameful. The perfect specimen of a broken soul to be manipulated.
ANSWER: D.
At first, push ups were no big deal. Many people incorporate push-ups into their everyday workout patterns, a routine common to get fit and healthy. Also, these are young college men. I'll bet everyone of them is coursing with ego and pride, just waiting to show each other participant in this crazy test exactly what they're made of, and at first, they may even revel in the idea of a few man-ups. However, these feelings will quickly change. The social facilitation will run it's course. As with anything, connections change actions. Push-ups are no longer a menial punishment, rather a drudgery and embarrassment, a spectacle of insubordinance and failure. Push ups will become tell alls to nosy inmates and constant reminders of failure, the reason you are where you are.
ANSWER: F.
Intimidation. Their perception stems from their unproud fear of these men who were once considered equals outside the cell walls. It's almost as if it's justification, like there could be no other reason that these men are holding power over them other than the fact that they're bigger. Their insecurities grow with every passing day and this is yet another example of how they are personally putting themselves below a "greater" authority. They're not being bullied into belief, rather they genuinely believe that they are becoming lesser. It's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more the "smaller" individuals examine the situation and search for incongruity, the bigger and bigger the guards will become, both literally and figuratively.
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