Testing Human Behaviour
Created | Updated Aug 29, 2002
I propose the following:
Required:
A vending machine
A power generator
A deserted and (preferably) small area, i.e. an island
An Alarm
A small camera (to discretely record the test)
and (of course) a subject
What I suggest is setting up a vending machine with an alarm system attached, and supplying power with the generator, in a small, deserted area. Then of course drop of an individual, and leave him to be recorded by the also powered camera. I theorize that eventually temptation will overtake the individual, and he or she will revert to a more violent approach to retrive whatever it is the vending machine is offering, being as it is to be the only avaliable stimulus. This of course is just my theory, you may disagree, but go with me on this for a moment.
The goal, is to find out just what will happen with the individual when the alarm sounds. Will the individual perhaps walk to a different part of the area, in an attempt not to be seen by the wailing machine, or even make an attempt to "play it off" as though it wasn't him/her? For that matter it is entirely possible that he/she would realize that he/she is isolated in this area, and not care about the alarm, but this may not occur immediately, perhaps one of the other outcomes would take place for a few moments beforehand, or perhaps even an entirely different outcome altogether.
Required:
A vending machine
A power generator
A deserted and (preferably) small area, i.e. an island
An Alarm
A small camera (to discretely record the test)
and (of course) a subject
What I suggest is setting up a vending machine with an alarm system attached, and supplying power with the generator, in a small, deserted area. Then of course drop of an individual, and leave him to be recorded by the also powered camera. I theorize that eventually temptation will overtake the individual, and he or she will revert to a more violent approach to retrive whatever it is the vending machine is offering, being as it is to be the only avaliable stimulus. This of course is just my theory, you may disagree, but go with me on this for a moment.
The goal, is to find out just what will happen with the individual when the alarm sounds. Will the individual perhaps walk to a different part of the area, in an attempt not to be seen by the wailing machine, or even make an attempt to "play it off" as though it wasn't him/her? For that matter it is entirely possible that he/she would realize that he/she is isolated in this area, and not care about the alarm, but this may not occur immediately, perhaps one of the other outcomes would take place for a few moments beforehand, or perhaps even an entirely different outcome altogether.
