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The Human Behavior Experiments

  • TV Movie
  • 20062006
  • 58m
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7.5/10
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The Human Behavior Experiments (2006)
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IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Alex Gibney
  • Writer
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Thomas Blass
    • Herbert Winer
    • Buddy Stump
  • Director
    • Alex Gibney
  • Writer
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Thomas Blass
    • Herbert Winer
    • Buddy Stump
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Thomas Blass
    • Self - Biographer
    Herbert Winer
    • Self - Milgram Experiment 'Teacher'
    Buddy Stump
    • Self - Mt. Washington Police Detective
    Donna Summers
    • Self - Former McDonald's Employee
    John Darley
    • Self - Social Psychologist
    Charles Skoller
    • Self - Former Queens Asssistant DA
    Michael Carrington
    • Self - Matthew Carrington's Father
    Bibb Latane
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Debbie Smith
    • Self - Matthew Carrington's Mother
    Greg Smith
    • Self - Matthew Carrington's Stepfather
    Michael Ramsey
    • Self - Butte County DA
    Thomas Resk
    • Self - Medical Examiner
    Gabe Maestretti
    • Self - Matthew Carrington's Killer
    Philip Zimbardo
    Philip Zimbardo
    • Self - Psychologist
    Ken Davis
    • Self - Abu Ghraib Veteran
    Dave Eshelman
    • Self - Stanford Experiment Guard
    Craig Haney
    • Self - Social Psychologist
    Christina Maslach
    • Self - Social Psychologist
    • (as Dr. Christina Maslach)
    • Director
      • Alex Gibney
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      • Alex Gibney
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    6/10
    Good film about blind obedience that suffers from its own apparent blind belief in the Kitty Genovese myth
    This is a pretty good film, about several experiments in the field of social psychology and several real-world stories that demonstrate the extent to which most humans will blindly obey authority figures, or, more generally, either fail to refrain from doing something bad or fail to help someone in trouble when they believe the responsibility is diffused amongst others. For the most part, it's pretty compelling stuff that really everyone should know about.

    However, the extent to which the psychologists interviewed in this film appear to blindly believe so firmly in the Kitty Genovese story as reported in The New York Times is somewhat reminiscent of the blind obedience to authority phenomenon criticized in the film.

    If you are interested in what really happened the night Kitty Genovese died, as opposed to the myth, take 9 minutes and listen: http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2009/03/27/segments/127346 (several people did call the police that night, probably only one or two of the alleged spectators actually had any idea what was happening other than that some woman was screaming, the number 38 appears to have basically been just made up by a journalist, etc.)

    The makers of this film would've done better to leave this particular story out of their otherwise very good film.
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      • June 1, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Fearful Symmetry
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