Designed to test the psychology of the prison environment, the experiment simulated a prison in which subjects were randomly assigned the role of either "prisoner" or "guard." The simulation produced dramatic outcomes; guards quickly became controlling and even sadistic, and prisoners experienced psychological stress, depression, and even physical illness. ... Their conclusions were based upon the multiple psychological assessments and personality tests conducted before the experiment (pretests) as compared to the subjects' state of mind upon conclusion of the experiment (posttest). ... ...

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The results uniformly suggest that various kinds of practical knowledge and abilities, such as the ability to get along with others and tacit knowledge about what is expected, are often far more important for success than intellectual ability as measured by IQ tests (see also Cantor & Kihlstrom, 1987, for an analysis of this issue from a social-cognitive perspective). ... If someone who exhibits great ability to solve problems in the quiet of an office is unable to function well under stress and experiences relationships with others as stressful, then it is obvious that such a person will b...

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He argued that the sole test of government was its effectiveness rather than its basis in religion or tradition. Hobbes's pragmatic view of government, which stressed the equality of individuals, opened the way to free criticism of government and the right to revolution, ideas that Hobbes himself opposed. ...

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The myth basically states that between two twin siblings, there is an invisible connection between them; meaning that if one of the twins were to be in trouble or in a state of danger, the other twin would instinctively, sense or feel when the other twin is in that state of stress or danger all because of that invisible connection in between. ... In fact, it is so popular that it is now being tested by physicists in UC Berkeley, Harvard University, and by most universities in the rest of the world. ...

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