There’s an experiment — insert obligatory replication crisis disclaimer — where one participant is told to gently poke another participant. The second participant is told to poke the first participant the same amount the first person poked them.
It turns out people tend to poke back slightly harder than they were first poked.
Repeat.
A few iterations later, they are striking each other really hard.
Do you know where I could read this study? I was unable to find it online with keywords like “poking”, “escalation”, etc.
Do you know where I could read this study? I was unable to find it online with keywords like “poking”, “escalation”, etc.