"denizet" - 1 õppematerjal

Cialdini raamat

held yearly on college campuses, fraternity pledges must persevere through a vari- ety of activities designed by the older members to test the limits of physical exer- tion, psychological strain, and social embarrassment. At week's end, the boys who have persisted through the ordeal are accepted for full group membership. Mostly their tribulations have left them no more than greatly tired and a bit shaky, al- though sometimes the negative effects are more serious (Denizet-Lewis, 2005). What is interesting is how closely the particular features of Hell Week tasks match those of tribal initiation rites. Recall that anthropologists identified six major trials to be endured by a Thonga initiate during his stay in the "yard of mysteries." A scan of newspaper reports shows that each trial also has its place in the hazing rituals of Greek-letter societies: • Beatings. Fourteen-year-old Michael Kalogris spent three weeks in a Long Is-