PSYCHOLOGY-101
HUMAN BEHAVIOR EXPERIMENT
If
you start with a cage containing five monkeys, and inside the cage hang
a banana on a string from the top, and then you place a set of stairs
under the banana, before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb
toward the banana.
As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray ALL the monkeys with cold water.
After
a while another monkey makes an attempt with same result -- ALL the
monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another monkey
tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put the cold water away.
Remove
one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new monkey. The new
monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock,
ALL of the other monkeys beat the Monkey Crap out of him.
After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five monkeys, replacing it with a new monkey.
The
newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer
takes part in the punishment -- with enthusiasm -- because he is now
part of the "team."
Then,
replace a third original monkey with a new monkey, followed by the
fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the
stairs, he is attacked.
Now,
the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not
permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are
participating in the beating of the newest monkey.
Finally,
having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining
monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not
one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.
Why, you ask? Because in their minds, that is the way it has always been!
This, my friends, is how today's House and Senate operates; and this is why, from time to time:
This, my friends, is how today's House and Senate operates; and this is why, from time to time:
ALL of the monkeys need to be
REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME!
DISCLAIMER: This is meant as no disrespect to monkeys.
Thank You Mr. Trailbee.
It also says a lot about Ferguson.
ReplyDeleteAdrienne, can't argue that point. The puppets they are a playing.
ReplyDeleteNo disrespect to the monkeys taken. Yes, this is spot on.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day Odie. ☺
Machiavellian....and brilliant
ReplyDeleteKind of like an elaborate game of Simian Says...
ReplyDeleteI like it.
ReplyDeleteNow all we have to do is create a voting population with that conditioned response and we're all set. Maybe if we promise unlimited free stuff. No, wait, that's already been done.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of the fable that a billion monkeys left alone for a billion years with a billion typewriters would eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteWhat you'd really get is a billion dead monkeys and a billion busted typewriters covered in monkey shit.
Sandee, none taken.
ReplyDeletedan, yeah what you said.
ReplyDeleteProof, yeah him too.
ReplyDeleteEdutcher, see ... we don't need to post blondes to be good.
ReplyDeleteCube, you noticed too.
ReplyDeletesig94, but would you really need a billion years before you check?
ReplyDeleteGood one----Monkey see Monkey do!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of PC, Washington Redskins drop "Washington" from their team name as it is the most offensive to Americans.
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