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#FGF: 2 April 2021
Happy Easter weekend everyone! Here’s this weeks round-up of feel good stories to get your weekend off to a good start.
How do the roles we’re given change our behaviour?
How do the different roles change our behaviour? Are we consistently ourselves? This was investigated by Zimbardo (1971) in a prison simulation study that yielded astonishing & worrying results.
Do we really need sleep or is it an evolutionary hangover?
Some researchers have suggested that humans don’t actually need sleep to function or survive. Peter Tripp, an American DJ, put this to the test in 1959.
What makes us become a good samaritan?
This was investigated by Piliavin (1969) on the New York subway. An actor fell over on the train, 2 observers measured who, if anyone, helped.
The power of labels & segregation
Third grade teacher Jane Elliot wanted to show her class what it felt like to experience discrimination after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.
Should we always just ‘trust the experts’?
David Rosenhan conducted a famous experiment where mentally healthy individuals presented at mental hospitals saying they were hearing voices.
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