Group behavior in an elevator

By omnibrain on August 26, 2008.

A classic Candid Camera prank using some social psychology.

I'll be posting many more of my Psych 100 videos as I run across them for the rest of the semester :)

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Nice! There are limits to what you can get people to do, however:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkSPUDpe0U8

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