Perplexing Questions About Human Psychology
One of the more perplexing questions about human psychology revolves around the role of deviance. We know from empirical observation that if rats are placed in too crowded conditions, aggressive behaviors peak. When we study history, we are often amazed at the dichotomy between a species that can create such phenomenal beauty – Beethoven, the Sistine Chapel, acts of kindness and benevolence; and such utter ugliness – the Holocaust, Idi Amin, and Jeffrey Dahlmer. We also know, from psychological experiments, that there is a dark side within most everyone's psyche – one that expresses itself only at certain times.