Comments on: The Rat Experiment

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:30:01 +0000

Patricia – Please read the article again. As I stated, the experiment had nothing to do with the rats and everything to do with the expectations of the experimenters. The same thing will be true when it comes to their expectations about people. In fact there have been similar experiments done where they told teachers that one group of kids was gifted and the other group was normal. They saw the same results as they did in the rat experiment.

By: patricia also

patricia also — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:04:36 +0000

hey, my name’s patricia too, and i was kinda wondering what is the benefit of this to us humans. So what if we know all about the rat world? What’s it gonna do to us? That is the question of my biology teacher, i can’t answer it. If I dont give her an answer, we won’t have any other project. Hence, no grade at all

By: Toby Doncaster

Toby Doncaster — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:35:22 +0000

Yah, I was told that the beer I was drinking was way better than my roomy’s but the next morning we both had bad hangovers. You can’t believe everything you’re told!

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:36:08 +0000

@Sylvia - It was a rather controversial post, but check out 6 Ways to Appear Smarter for some ideas.

By: Sylvia Rollins

Sylvia Rollins — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:27:07 +0000

I would LOVE to know how to ” nurture positive impressions of yourself with those around you” !

By: BillinDetroit

BillinDetroit — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:50:45 +0000

Yeah … I was in the other group. IQ of 147 and I could barely break a “C”.

By: patricia

patricia — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:05:38 +0000

This type of experiment was done in a school several years ago, where the teacher was told a certain group had a higher IQ and thus those kids did better…

By: Brent Edwards

Brent Edwards — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:36:19 +0000

There was an experiment done at the University of Iowa a few years ago where people were give two hearing aids to wear for a month each and evaluate. They were told that one set was new digital aids and the other set was old analog aid, while both aids were identical. You can guess the outcome, an overwhelming preference for the digital aids with comments like, “Even my wife noticed that I hear better with these digital aids,” and “The sound quality is incredibly better with the digital aids!” To me, all this means is that marketing works.