Social compliance, people will deny the evidence of their own eyes.

[gasbanni]

Decades later the same experiment yielded the same results.

People will deny their own preception and sanity in order to comply with their peers.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Are you like that?

 

[Notch7]

Its probably more to do with their 70s haircuts....

No, this is a social not intellectual experiment, he isnt denying his own sanity, he knows the answer but is more concerned about being embarrassed by choosing differently to everybody else.

Think about it, if he chooses the same as everyone, if by chance his correct choice was wrong and the group answer is correct, then everyones a winner.

If its announced everybody is wrong then, he is wrong with everybody......so still a winner socially.

 

[gasbanni]

Its probably more to do with their 70s haircuts....

No, this is a social not intellectual experiment, he isnt denying his own sanity, he knows the answer but is more concerned about being embarrassed by choosing differently to everybody else.

Think about it, if he chooses the same as everyone, if by chance his correct choice was wrong and the group answer is correct, then everyones a winner.

If its announced everybody is wrong then, he is wrong with everybody......so still a winner socially.

His brain tells him the correct answer, but he denies the conclusion of his own brain to comply with the majority, forget the reasons he denies his own conclusion, he does deny his own sane conclusion.

 

[gasbanni]

Are you like that?

I actually think you are !

 

[EFLImpudence]

Question too difficult?

 

[gasbanni]

Obviously......surely you know the answer to your question based on some of my posts.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

His brain tells him the correct answer, but he denies the conclusion of his own brain to comply with the majority, forget the reasons he denies his own conclusion, he does deny his own sane conclusion.

Is that the definition of an LWR?

Although maybe not, because the definition implies that they actually have a brain.

 

[transam]

What about jurors on a jury in a court case ?


That Henry Fonda movie was it 12 good men ????? dunno if it has any thing to do with said subject .