On the 77th, when Dora and Bash tried to send a message to Ziegler, they were unfortunately spotted by Burris. At this time, Dr. Dunn went out to meet with the committee, and Dr. Grimm threatened to stop the experiment if he used violence again. All these circumstances made Borris, who was already sensitive, more sensitive, so he decided to take some measures:
Borris: Let me summarize, No. 77 tried to disrupt the experiment with Bash and the girl, and Dr. Grimm threatened to stop. Experiment
Eckert: But Dr. Dunn is not here.
Tall man: What do you want to say?
Burriss: I think this is a test to see how we react to external anxiety.
Tall man: Nonsense.
Burriss: No. 77 has been causing trouble from the beginning. He may even be a calculated interference factor.
Eckert: That jerk might earn more than 4000?
Guard X: What should we do now?
Burriss: Solve it by yourself before Dr. Dunn returns.
Eckert: Cool!
Taller: We have to do our jobs and abide by the rules.
Burriss: The rules say that all kinds of events should be handled appropriately.
At this time, Burris was already a leader, and most of the guards had already psychologically recognized his leadership. So when he summarized what happened before, this was actually a test carefully prepared by Dr. Dunn, and it was a process of the experiment, most people acquiesced. Only the tall guard who was the "director" in the outside world was a little disapproving, but in the end he succumbed to Burris' authority.
What embodied here is a kind of authority obedience, Burris is the authority of the guards, and all people follow his words as the criterion. According to the perspective of social psychology, this is because people have a "safety psychology", that is, people always think that authority figures are often the right role models, and obeying them will make them feel safe and increase the "insurance factor" that will not go wrong; It is because people have "applauding psychology", that is, people always think that the requirements of authority figures are often consistent with social norms, and if they follow the requirements of authority figures, they will get praise and rewards from all aspects. And when was Burris established this authority, or how he established this authority. Very easily, we can find that on the second day of the experiment, when Burris thought of using a fire extinguisher to deal with the prisoners, he was approved by the guards. This was the first time that Burris gained the respect of the guards, and he began to feel that he was valued, and he was no longer an obscure little role. Afterwards, Professor Dunn appeared to be criticizing the guards' actions, but in fact he was condoning and acquiescing to this behavior.
Burris became confident. He combed his hair over and over in the mirror in the bathroom, adjusted his uniform, raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror, with an imperceptible smile on his face. In the process, Burris gradually experienced unprecedented pleasure and respect. In the outside world, Berris was a conscientious airline's ground crew. He has never been late for seven years. We can speculate that Berris may be a cautious and neglected person for a long time. He is afraid of making mistakes and breaking the rules, and has a strong sense of inferiority, perhaps because of his body odor. Therefore, on the third day of the experiment, when the 77th said he was stinky, Burris reacted so strongly. People are always afraid that others will touch their pain points. You can curse and beat, but you can't point out your privacy or defects in public, and the harm will be deeper. This kind of damage directly touches the depths of the soul, and is the most feared. So it is not difficult for us to understand that on the third night of the experiment, No. 77 had his head shaved and was insulted by guards using urine. What impressed me the most was that after being poured urine on the 77th, Burris said to the 77th, who stinks now. This was planned by Borris. At this time, not only Borris but the guards also satisfied the desire of power in their hands. They obtained psychological balance and released their physical aggressive impulses by torturing and insulting No. 77. . Although they still feel that they are maintaining the rules to ensure that the experiment can proceed smoothly. At this time, Burris's authority status had not been fully established, it was just a matter of time.
In addition, the prisoner's obedience to the guard is also a kind of authority obedience, which belongs to the authority obedience between groups. Burris and other guards belong to the obedience within the group. The obedience within the group is often based on the loyalty to the group. The members of the group are responsible for the group, not the world or other people outside the group. As the guardian of this group, all you need to be loyal to is the rules, or the defender of the rules, that is, the leader of the group—Borris. From the very beginning of the experiment, the person in charge often expressed their role meaning to the participants suggestively without consciously. Prisoners’ authority obedience to guards is based on the inequality of their ranks and the inequality of social resources. The status of prisoners is that they are supervised by guards, have no freedom, and are forced to abide by prison rules, otherwise they will be punished.
On the first day of the experiment, all the people who participated in the experiment had not yet entered the role, thinking it was just a game, except for the 38th, the Air Force Major. So prisoners can say anything they want, and a guard can play basketball with the prisoners. Even when No. 77 used basketball to tease guard Eckert, there was no conflict. Later, Eckert forced No. 82 to drink milk, but No. 77 helped to solve it. Still nothing happened, but was scolded by the tall guard. On the first night, Eckert wanted the person who talked after turning off the lights to come out and do push-ups, but he was just joking. The tall guard told Eckert not to be led by the nose by the prisoners, and to make the prisoners take them seriously. In fact, this is merging into the role. Later, Eckert punished No. 77, and after No. 77 retorted, asked his roommate to do push-ups together. All the guards realize that the role they are playing is no longer an unknown junior in the outside world, but the ruler in this mock prison. They are in an absolute dominant position, they have power and can do whatever they want.
On the second day of the experiment, No. 77 led all the prisoners to do push-ups for No. 82, while the guard Eckert deliberately looked for No. 77. The conflict between groups began to intensify and expand. Therefore, after the 77th teased Burris and Act, the guards used a fire extinguisher to make the prisoners succumb on the advice of Burris. As Burris said, "If you want to control the situation in this situation, you have to make them shame." The formation of authority is based on depriving the other party of their dignity. After this, most prisoners began to realize that this was no longer a game, and began to enter the role. Only No. 77 and a small number of prisoners are still resisting, and this resistance is blind, based on a lost attitude towards this experiment.
Therefore, after the rebellion on the 77th, what was brought was only more cruel punishment. After this incident, the guards began to enjoy the satisfaction of power, and some of the weaknesses and dark sides of human nature began to show up. The most obvious is Burris. After the fire extinguisher incident, he said, "We have the final say, they listen to us and see what happens." A person who has never been taken seriously before, in this kind of simulated prison, his inner desire for power will expand day by day. No. 77 just gives him an excuse to abuse his power and satisfies his usual backlog of violent emotions. Craving. At this time, if the experiment is stopped in time, perhaps the final tragedy of the movie will not happen, but Professor Dunn believes that this is just a power struggle between 77 and Burris. In fact, the purpose of No. 77 is very clear, which is to make the experiment chaotic, so that you can sell it for a good price. He always believes that this is just a game. He believes that since there are monitors and professors watching, there will be no excessive behavior, and he is not aware of the harm that his own behavior will bring. At the same time, the prisoners began to obey the guard's authority.
In human history, the harm caused by authority obedience is equally serious, such as the slaughter of Jews by the Nazis in World War II, the various atrocities committed by Japanese forces, and the indiscriminate killing of innocents during the war. What we remember may be only those war leaders, but those who participated, when we questioned, they often said, "I am only executing orders", and all the responsibilities are transferred to the various organizations where they are located. People always have a kind of safety psychology, that is, they always think that what authority says is right, which is the code of conduct. The Nazis believed in Hitler, and Japan believed in the emperor, but what did Hitler, the emperor of Japan believe in? Often, blind obedience will bring serious consequences, either to others or to oneself. This situation also exists in our country, such as the 10-year catastrophe of the Cultural Revolution, which not only had a serious impact on our country's economic construction, but also caused an extremely severe blow to our country's ideological and artistic circles. At that time, the people of the whole country regarded Mao Zedong as the absolute authority, and they had a "Red Book of Treasures", which is also the "Quotations of Mao Zedong", which were judged based on the words in this book. As a result, countless unjust, false and wrong cases occurred. After the Cultural Revolution, many people began to reflect, and some people directly pushed this mistake to Mao Zedong, or the "Gang of Four" or Lin Biao. And what they ignore, in my opinion, is the most important. These mistakes are not only caused by a certain individual or a certain group of people with bad intentions, but also because of the blindness of the masses, and the lack of their own status. Certain judgment and cognitive abilities can easily follow the trend blindly when the authority issues some calls. This is actually a kind of conformity behavior. In Le Pen’s "The Mob", it is said that groups are not good at reasoning, but are eager to act. Groups are always inferior in intelligence to isolated individuals. Group emotions are violent. Among groups, fools, low-powered children and jealous people get rid of If you feel humble and incompetent, you will feel a cruel, short-lived but huge power and so on. In fact, every society will have such a phenomenon, that is, "follow the trend". Seeing what styles of clothes and shoes are worn by people around, they will rush to buy them until the next "trend" appears. Sometimes, the eyes of the masses are not necessarily sharp. Therefore, as an independent citizen of society, we must determine some authoritative statements on the basis of understanding and argumentation, and we must not blindly obey and be used by others without knowing it. Even when everyone is crazy, you have to calm down and think, or protect yourself wisely.
In an organization that obeys authority, a person who is kind, law-abiding, and ethical in life will become like an executioner. In the past few years, the incidents of prisoner abuse by the US military in Afghanistan were also raging, and those American soldiers involved in prisoner abuse, including individual female soldiers, would be like that in their daily lives? According to news reports, their relatives and friends said that these soldiers are all "good boys" in peacetime. So why is there such a dehumanizing behavior in them? On the one hand, it may be due to the psychological impact of the war itself; on the other hand, they are in a superior position, and the psychological pressure is released from the abuse of prisoners. In fact, through this movie, we can imagine what kind of rude behavior would occur in a real prison? And those perpetrators gave the impression of another person in society, perhaps a diligent and good old person like Burris. The evil is not done by the evil man. The psychologist Migram concluded from this: Those who only do their own work and are not hostile to others will also take on terrible destructive work. And knowing that their own sabotage may have a bad effect, they already feel that what they have done is in conflict with their basic ethics, and there are very few people who can choose to resist authority. It’s simpler than many people think. In fact, people don’t even need to do unrighteous things under much pressure or fear. They only need a small chain. It’s better to say “instruction” or say “yes”. Regardless of the constraints or obligations created by the "contract", it only takes a little bit, and a person can free himself from the burden of his own responsibility and enter a state of getting rid of moral restrictions.
But we must also see that authority obedience is not entirely negative, it also has positive aspects. For example, in an enterprise, leaders can also use the "authority effect" to guide and change the work attitude and behavior of their subordinates, which is often more effective than commands. Therefore, an excellent leader must be the authority of the enterprise, or cultivate an authority for the enterprise, and then use the authority suggestion effect to lead. Of course, to establish authority, one must first have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of authority, so that authority can be established correctly and that authority can be maintained for a longer period of time. The cohesion produced by a correct authority cannot be underestimated. It will greatly improve the efficiency of the entire organization and will also greatly promote the progress of the entire society.
At the end of the movie, Eckert who wanted to rape the female Professor Grim was beaten to death by Bash. I found that all the students in the class, including me, seemed very excited instead of sighing. Maybe we all think of him. It is deserved. However, if he does not participate in this experiment, Eckert may still be alive and continue to play "Elvis", although he will not attract any women. I suddenly felt terrible. Everyone who watched "Death Experiment" seemed to be assimilated. In fact, with the development of the plot, our own inner evil is also exposed little by little, and the dark side of human nature is gradually magnifying and slowing down. Slowly swallowed his cowardly conscience. Are we all imprisoned Satan?
At the end of the film, Taranque and Dora sit on the beach and smile at each other. I can't laugh.
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