The Lucifer Effect: The Cucifer Effect

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We all come into the world is an empty as a blank sheet of paper but we all know that there are certain things that just come natural as we grow. As we are nurtured there are certain things that stimulate our emotions such as our connecting to other human beings. There are certain connection that we get from people or other materialistic things. Yes humans are biologically predispose to be violent. There are certain situations and environments that will trigger certain emotions that will make us humans be violent towards one another. Human society and the relationships that they have amongst each other sometimes create conflict and tension amongst each other. One things for sure there are some things that make humans become more violent than …show more content…

This experiment was supposed to last for 14 days and only last up to six days. This experiment caused the students to show extreme signs of anxiety and depression. Not only did these students suffer from mental issues they also became very aggressive and hostile towards one another the prisons and the guard had this very thick tension between one another. This all became a very bad situation when the guards over use their power. In this cause violence was triggered because of emotion when these students were chose to this experiment they were chosen because they were very laid back with personalities. The men that were the guards began to show violent behavior first because they had control over the prisoners. This experiment we learned that People will readily conform to the social roles they are expected to play, especially if the roles are as strongly stereotyped as those of the prison guards. The “prison” environment was an important factor in creating the guards’ brutal behavior (none of the participants who acted as guards showed sadistic tendencies before the study) They were all just fine until they felt as if they were placed in a situation that made them show violent behavior. Therefore, the roles that people play can shape their …show more content…

Most human who sometimes display violent behavior most of the time do it out if or for a reaction. There is no one thing that can tell how or why human are violent, but we know that they are and sometimes it stems from their child and a lot of time it just happens but we know from certain situations such as the one like the Stanford prison experiment that human can be violent. Humans can, and do, engage in a wide variety of aggression. However, being aggressive is not our the first behavior that comes to mind. There is insufficient evidence to argue that we have evolved a suite of specifically aggressive behaviors to succeed in the world. Dr. J Archer says that In fact, it is largely our abilities to get along and to negotiate complex social problems, with and without aggression, that make humans one of the most successful species on this planet. If you really want to think deeply about aggression, violence, abuse, warfare, and human

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