This explains Abu Ghraib.
这解释了Abu Ghraib监狱丑闻
You know, current phenomenon what happened in the Iraqi prisons,of how people off the street enter the role
时事现象伊拉克战俘的遭遇随便一个人一旦进入角色
they entered the role so much that Zimbardo had to stop the experiment after one week.
他们进入得太深Zimbardo不得不在一周后终止实验
Go on YouTube and watch the video about this mind-boggling stuff.
可以去视频网站上看到
So this is only important, good to know,important to know, but not enough.
这是很重要的知道很好,知道很重要,但不够
Because the situation is so powerful, why just emphasize the negative?
因为情境如此强大为什么只强调消极的东西?
Why not think about creating positive situations that will help us lead happier, more moral lives?
为什么不创造积极的环境让我们获得更快乐更讲道德的生活?
And this has, just like a lot of positive psychological approaches, has been ignored with a ratio 21 to 1.
正像很多积极心理方法一样被21比1的比率忽视
So let me share with you just a couple of studies in this area.
我要和大家分享这个领域的两项研究
Both of them done by our very own Ellen Langer.
两项研究都由本校的Ellen Langer完成
This, by the way, is the study that I am going to share now is going to be backbone of a movie coming out about Professor Langer
顺便说一句,我现在要讲到的这项研究是即将推出的Langer教授记录片的主干
the person who's going to play Ellen Langer she's the first female tenure professor in the psychology department
扮演Ellen Langer的演员,Langer是心理学系的第一位女性终身教授
the person who's going to play Ellen Langer is Jennifer Aniston.
扮演Ellen Langer的是詹妮弗安妮斯顿
And the movie is coming out, hopefully in a year,
电影有望在一年后上映
but it's about the experiment that I am going to share with you now.
但电影讲的是我要谈到的这项实验
So this was done in 1979. Here was what Langer did.
实验在1979年进行 Langer的实验是
What she did was take men who were above 75 years old and sent them to a retreat, which was a 1959 retreat, meaning even though it was 1979
她找来75岁以上的男人,把他们送去一座别墅那是间以1959为主题的别墅虽然实验在1979年进行