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Three Identical Strangers
As you watch the entire film, please make notes as to which characteristics and circumstances the triplets shared and which characteristics and circumstances differed from triplet to triplet.
SIMILARITIES
Bobby Shafran Eddy Galland David Kellman
DIFFERENCES
Bobby Shafran Eddy Galland David Kellman Parental socio-economic class Parental education Temperament/personality Father’s parenting style/demeanor
- How old were the three when they met?
- How did Bobby and Eddy find out about each other?
- Describe the adoption agency: Louise Wise Services
- What was the media response to their story?
- Why were the families of the boys angry after meeting with Louise Wise Services?
- At what age were the triplets separated and put up for adoption? 7 How did Louise Wise Services justify separating the triplets? a. What did Mort Shafran witness when he walked back in the room?
- Why did lawyers refuse to take the case of the parents of the triplets?
- Describe their birth mother’s past circumstances and at the time the met her:
- What did journalist and author Lawrence Wright discover when he found an article entitled, “The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child”? a.What clues were there that the boys were subjects of a secret study/experiment?
- Who are Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein?
- Why do you think the study was never published and why do you think the results were never made public?
- What is the experimental design purpose of each triplet having an older sister…all exactly the same age and all adopted? a. What type of experiment was this? b. Did researchers randomly select the adoptive parents? Why?
- Natasha Josephwitz and Dr. Neubauer concluded that genetics played a greater role in determining how the boys’ lives unfurled; yet David Kellman, David’s sister and Eddy Galland’s wife contend it was, instead, nurture. Which do you think is the greatest influencer and why?
- Would you want to know if you were part of a study like this? Why or why not?
- What is the meaning of the title Three Identical Strangers?
- Ethical issues: Explain how each of these ethical principles was compromised or addressed in these studies: a. Informed consent b. Avoid deception c. Protection of participants d. Debriefing e. Right to withdraw
