Book 2: The Chamber of the Dead, 22.
If there is a group of people, most of whom do not know each other, and then put these people in a strange and dangerous environment, then what kind of people can occupy a dominant position in it, or even become the center of everyone?
The above assumption is the core problem that Chen Xi is currently facing.
He is well aware that most people have the impression and perception that the most flexible person must belong to the core of the team. The reason for this is simple, because it serves as a link to eliminate the psychological barriers between people, connecting all people with actions and words and merging them into a whole.
But in reality, this statement is only half true.
Such a person can only occupy a relatively important position in the team, but will never become the core.
In the anthropological community, where he knows all kinds of strange things and has many mental problems, there have been some very boring scholars who have done similar experiments with several groups of children of different ages, and the results not only prove this, but also show several more speechless characteristics.
Here's how they made it
In a closed room, the windows and doors are closed so that the subjects in the middle cannot see the outside scene, and then lie to them that they believe that a terrible monster will come in after a while, and let the children discuss how to deal with the monster.
First of all, not to mention how frustrated these scholars are to deceive these innocent and cute children, just talking about the reactions of these little ones makes Chen Xi feel very interesting.
Among them, children who like to talk and are more active in behavior will try to talk to those children who they find pleasing and cute, and take the initiative to bring up the topic of fighting little monsters, but this does not mean that it is a way to comfort. There will be a certain degree of self-imaginary or exaggerated or intimidating content in these words, and the amount of it is generally calculated according to the degree of violence that the child usually shows (that is, the degree of trouble after the temper comes), which is the first type of child.
In the face of their active speech, those children who usually seem to be less assertive will not show full agreement or belief. Most of them will only listen, occasionally interject a few words, only when the difference in size is more obvious, will choose the degree of belief according to the difference, if it is a head higher, then no matter how ridiculous the statement, they will choose to believe and attach to this is the second type of child.
But at this time, there will be a part of the children who think they know about monsters, that is, the kind of little ones who usually appear to be more likely to fall into self-imaginary scenes, and the so-called one-person play (this type is the most widespread basic source of secondary two diseases) will jump out and engage in verbal confrontation with the first type of child. And it was probably the first time they had heard of such a monster, but it didn't prevent them from having incorporated this kind of monster into their own world realm, and completely according to the rules of their world world to think of a solution.
Unfortunately, the outcome of such encounters often does not depend on rhetoric and logic, but only on physique and age. Of course, it is not necessarily necessary to solve each other by using force, the main thing is to compete with the size of the above two most intuitive attributes, which is the counterattack of the third type of children.
However, even if there is no victory, as long as the children who think they know about monsters can keep saying that they are not afraid of monsters and can solve monsters, there will still be many children who have no opinions and have close relationships with them, but most of them will not leave the group of children of the first type, unless the latter loses over their age and physique.
Of course, this is not the end of the matter, and the fourth group of children appears, influenced by the constant verbal warfare and the intimidation and exaggerated rhetoric of the first group of children.
They are usually the more timid and cowardly type, and most of them will also have attributes such as obesity and thinness. Because I was already scared in an unfamiliar environment, and I learned that a monster would come in after a while, I fell into a kind of situation where I would break off at a jump. I didn't cry but I saw that the other children didn't cry first (speaking of which, they also have self-esteem), but at this time, I was frightened by the words of these children around me, and immediately collapsed.
When one person cries, it will immediately cause all such children to cry, and according to the severity of the atmosphere, it will spread to the second group of children who have little opinion.
So, something that makes people laugh and cry is finally about to happen.
The children of the first group of active behaviors will selectively treat the children of the fourth group according to their own preferences, and the children of the second group will selectively treat the children of the fourth group.
The pretty and cute ones will accept and give different levels of comfort according to the degree of liking. Most of those who don't look good or cry dirty will be driven to the corner and isolated, and call on other children to ignore them, forming a kind of cognitive opposition. He would say with certainty: "These children don't dare to fight monsters, and even drag their feet."
Then, there will be a few beings who are hated by most children and become the object of emotional violence.
By taunting and ridiculing these children, the rest of the children build a false sense of self-confidence. In the process, the children of the third group may comfort the children of this type out of a strong belief that they can solve the monster, and cover them in order of their sense of justice - the children who are slightly good-looking, the children who are not so dirty, and all the children of the fourth group.
At this point, do you feel that these four categories have included all children's reactions?
At first, when he was experimenting with this kind of experiment, Chen Xi almost thought so, but after thinking about it carefully, he knew that there were still children in the last category who did not play.
This is a special child who only treats the reactions of other children as a more playful child's play, and there is no special reaction from beginning to end, just doing what he needs to do.
They're certainly not the precocious demons who don't believe in monsters at all. In the face of the lies of adults, children are always easily deceived, and even if they are skeptical, they will follow the collective consciousness under the influence of others. To have such a reaction, it is completely because they have a firm belief: "My parents will come to save me, and with them, they will definitely be able to defeat the little monster."
Funny words often reveal the most trustworthy object in their hearts.
Whether it is the first type of active children who use those exaggerated and intimidating content, or the third type of children with strong hearts swearing, these behaviors are scum under this sentence, as long as they say it, the rest of the children will give up their own disputes, whether they believe that "my parents will come to save me", will be faintly united in the team with them as the core.
And what Chen Xi wants to play is such a role.
Because he also knows what the most important object belongs to these participants in this game.
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(After writing it, I suddenly felt that it was possible to be cursed by many people in circles, so complaining about infinite flow, although this is a real thing)