Replying to LO24472 --
Gavin and other LO'ers, good morning:
>From LO24472...
" Some where chosen so that a response could be elicited to prove a point
Max, how we are motivated, our responses anger, rage, frustration and need
to defend a particular point of view. It is like our love child
(attachment) that we hold so dear. I was using a fear tactic which gets a
fear response.
" The response was fantastic. "
A long time ago, my wife and I attended a party with fellow graduate
students from MIT and Harvard. The entertainment - "Monopoly" (that's
about as close to money as any of us could come up with at the time).
There was a particular player at the table - this was a really intense
(and fun) game - who would from time to time, when play had somewhat
quieted down, offer some ideas or ask some questions that I remember drove
our wives up the wall. It was as if a mouse had been thrown into the
middle of the room. Some scurried away from the idea, some fought it tooth
and nail, some cowered from the experience.
I remember that night, yet my wife even better. We later found the student
was using the occasion to test various stimuli to elicit responses to be
later used for a research project at Harvard (we at MIT would never have
used such deception :-) ).
Although the behavior caused a great deal of excitement among the players
and may have become the foundation for a great piece of research, I don't
think it really helped any of the other players in their quest to "Get out
of Jail" or to strategize the number of houses to place on "Park Place".
Best Regards,
Terry Priebe
tpriebe@de-sa.com
--"Terry Priebe" <insight@DCA.NET>
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