Who has ever heard of John B.
Calhoun? I was first introduced to his
work my junior year in College as I studied Behavioral Psychology. He, along with Edward T. Hall, helped define
expected impacts to society when populations soared and overcrowding became an
issue. The conclusions Dr. Calhoun
reached have stayed with me all these years, the fact they are based on his
study of Norwegian rats only makes the findings more interesting.
As I watch the evolution of our
society I am reminded of those studies from the 1940s and 50s. I wonder what he
would have found if he had been able to subject his subjects to modern
television programming like Bill Maher, or MSNBC, FOX, or Judge Whoever?
1 comment:
Subject those poor rats to that list of venues...cruel and unusual...
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