Comments by "Wobbles And Bean" (@WobblesandBean) on "The Dark Side of Science: The Bobo Doll Experiment 1963 (Short Documentary)" video.
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What I find interesting is that there are similar studies in adults that do show a marked increase in violent thoughts, if one is allowed to "vent their aggressions" first. Two groups, one control, were deliberately exposed to stressful stimuli. The control group was left alone for 5 minutes to calm down, but the second group were given pillows and foam bats to "let it all out".
Both groups were then asked to fill in the blanks on a worksheet containing words with certain letters removed, but still had multiple ways to fill it in. For example, ch... could become "chill", "chase", or a more violent word, like "choke".
In every instance, the group left alone for 5 minutes wrote innocent, even pleasant words. But the other group all wrote violent words describing doing severe physical harm to another living thing.
Not saying this experiment is legit, there's a lot of holes in it, but it is interesting how easy it is to induce aggression in humans. Like the Joker says, "all is takes is one bad day..."
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