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Solomon Asch was a social psychologist famous for his experiments in conformity. In 1962 he collaborated with Candid Camera, a TV show, to show just how easy it is to reverse an innocuous social norm:…
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That seems bizarre to me. The only time I’d face the rear in an elevator would be if that elevator had rear doors that would open at my floor; I used to go to a doctor’s office with that set up. I hate elevators, and turning my back on the only escape route would never be something I would do. Interesting, though, and I’m not surprised that it was done by someone who also collaborated with Candid Camera (that I would only watch if well paid to do so).
I always found CC kind of fascinating, in terms of human behavior. It’s been many years since I watched it, though.
I was about to post on your podcast post that you should sign off with “Face front, true believers,” and here you go using it as a title for an unrelated post. (Very witty and apropos, by the way.)
Thanks!
I think I have that in my template script for the podcasts, I just haven’t had a chance to use it yet.