Chapter 5
Well, that's a bummer of a chapter. I feel horribly sad for Linda and Audrey, and I'm surprised by the definition of dissonance and how common it really is; how fascinating that East Asians feel this less (allegedly). It's almost sad that religion is described here as merely dissonance, but I understand the meaning behind it. More and more, I think Lauren Slater may be a little off, but I suppose delving into the details of various psychological experiments might cause a little...off-ness. I wish I had more to say, but in a few words: this chapter made me sad and I didn't like it. So there.
Wow, Harlow seems cruel. An interesting research topic, yes, and it seems to have made a large contribution to present-day psychology, but it seems so harsh. Poor, poor monkeys. Moreover, I don't appreciate his opinion of women ("...they knew a man was more important than anything else.") At any rate, I am once again fascinated but not surprised by the preliminary results of this experiment. I know I am more attached to the stuffed animal I received when I was a baby than to anything else I received as a child, like music boxes; a poor example, perhaps, but my point stands.
Yikes, it gets worse. A rape rack? Really? Mothers killing their infants, monkeys eating their fingers off, and he continues? Sounds like a sadist to me. This chapter has me very close to becoming a card-carrying member of PETA. Let's think--how do I find products that aren't tested on animals first...?
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