My American Uncle Excerpt 7: Janine learns the truth; laboratory rats; social constraints and inhibition (4’37”).
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My American Uncle Excerpt 7: Janine learns the truth; laboratory rats; social constraints and inhibition (4’37”).
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| 1. | What does Janine learn about Jean’s wife? What does she realize? |
| 2. | Describe the second experiment with the laboratory rats. What conclusions may be drawn? What does the rat understand? What is the result? |
| 3. | What are the effects of the inhibitions, the “biological troubles” in men? |
| 4. | Describe the third experiment with the rats. What does it demonstrate, as regards behavioral biology? |
| 5. | What is the principal difference, pointed out by Laborit, between rats and men (who have to respect social laws)? |
| 6. | Where is Resnais’s humor perceptible in this excerpt? |