Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?! Chapter 378 - 372: Growth of Each Individual in [Group Couns

After the end of the Stanford Prison Experint, Professor Zimbardo, the dia, and the academic community all conducted a certain degree of follow-up investigation on this experint that had a significant impact.

During 1971-1972, Zimbardo’s team conducted preliminary follow-ups on the psychological state of the participants and found that so people still suffered from anxiety and insomnia issues, with a few volunteers even experiencing identity confusion, unable to break free from their "Prison Guard" or "Prisoner" roles.

From the 1980s to the 2000s, so prisoner volunteers and prison guard volunteers were interviewed in the public dia, stating that they had a long history of psychological intervention and suffered from PTSD and other psychological disorders, openly criticizing this experint.

After 2000, foreign scholars compiled the original materials of this simulated prison experint and found a recording in which Professor Zimbardo directly instructed the prison guard volunteers to be "stricter" when dealing with prisoner volunteers.

Based on all of the above, it’s no surprise that Nan Zhubin would say this experint is notorious.

Regarding the other topic Nan Zhubin ntioned, "John Watson’s Little Albert Experint," it is comparable, if not worse, than Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experint, with an even more malignant and profound influence.

The Little Albert Experint, conducted by John B. Watson (John Watson), a representative figure of behaviorism psychology in 1920, aid to study whether "emotional reactions can be acquired through classical conditioned reflexes."

This Watson is vastly different from Sherlock Hols’s assistant Watson.

The subject of the Little Albert Experint was a nine-month-old infant, who was given the pseudonym "Little Albert" in the experint, thus naming the experint after him.

In the initial phase of the experint, Little Albert showed curiosity, even affection, towards fuzzy objects like white rats and rabbits.

As the experint officially began, Watson attempted to condition Little Albert with {Fear}: whenever Little Albert touched a white rat, Watson would strike a tal bar with a hamr behind him to create a loud noise, inducing {Fear} in Little Albert, causing him to cry. After multiple repetitions of the procedure, even without Watson striking the tal bar to produce noise, the re appearance of a white rat could cause Little Albert to cry and avoid it, exhibiting fear responses.

In other words, Little Albert transford from curiosity and affection towards the white rat to {Fear} of it.

Originally, Little Albert’s {Fear} targeted the "loud noise," but during the experint, it beca linked to the {white rat} through conditioned reflex.

Subsequently, an unexpected result erged—Little Albert exhibited intense {Fear}, even hysteria, when he saw rabbits, Santa Claus masks, cotton, and other items.

His {Fear} shifted from focusing on the {white rat} to extracting characteristics from the {white rat}, resulting in {Fear} of all {white} and {fuzzy} objects.

Psychology subsequently embraced a new concept—{generalization}—to explain this phenonon occurring with Little Albert.

Watson’s experint was successful; he proved that emotions could be ford through environntal conditioning, validating the core behaviorism viewpoint that "environnt shapes behavior." The experint beca an integral example of classical conditioned reflex theory, promoting the developnt of behaviorism psychology.

Simultaneously, it began to face severe criticism.

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"Without a doubt, whether Zimbardo or Watson, their experintal results are valuable. Their research findings have accelerated the advancent of the psychology field by years, even creating new research branches within psychology."

"But undoubtedly, their actions are now considered unacceptable. The psychology domain will never again allow experints of such nature."

"The desire for achievent, honor, or sothing more Advanced has driven even professor-level individuals to easily descend into madness, allowing themselves to be hypnotized by lofty reasons."

At this point, Nan Zhubin took a deep breath.

"But, no matter how great the endeavor that might propel the field forward, it cannot beco a reason to violate moral ethics, or to harm oneself or others."

If Nan Zhubin’s previous ntion of {Group Polarization} and {Situational Power Theory} provided a reflection for those "guilty students" following the Wang Rui incident.

Then, what is being discussed now undoubtedly flashes a torch into the faces of "Cognitive Distortion Students."

Even such endeavors with a "progressing the entire industry" nucleus cannot be enveloped with "harming others" on the exterior.

Transgressors will face harsh criticism from professionals across centuries.

Not to ntion, what you have just experienced—the "college entrance examination"?"

Nan Zhubin concluded:

"This is regarding the subsequent impact related to the Stanford Prison Experint. I apologize for showing you the not-so-glorious side of psychology."

However, if through this, you lose unrealistic fantasies about psychology and seriously consider your major choices after the entrance exam, it would be a great achievent. Nan Zhubin thought to himself, secretly.

Bringing back his thoughts, Nan Zhubin took a deep breath.

Thereby, all the groundwork for {Group Counseling} is complete.

The most crucial phase is about to begin——{Cognitive Integration}.