Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls

In psychology, the black box theory works like this. Before something, such as an emotion, enters the black box, we can observe and understand it. It then goes through the box where we can’t see what is occurring. We can only see what comes out and how it has changed. Regardless of the outcome, we’ll never know exactly what occurred inside the box. A black box can represent many things, especially the mind.