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Category: Psychology • Video
Posted on: August 26, 2008 3:19 PM, by Steve Higgins
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
Posted by: David | August 27, 2008 9:11 AM
hahah.. that's hilarious!
Posted by: Steve Higgins | August 27, 2008 11:23 AM