Journey From the Psychology of Evil to the Psychology of Heroism

WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT

October 9, 2008 lecture by Philip Zimbardo during the 2008 Reunion Homecoming Classes Without Quizzes program. Why do good people turn evil? In what sense are evil and heroism comparable? How could the little old Stanford prison experiment reveal parallels and insights about the abuses by military guards at Abu Ghraib?

Philip Zimbardo, professor of psychology, emeritus, is internationally recognized as a leading "voice and face of contemporary psychology" through his widely seen PBS-TV series, Discovering Psychology, his media appearances, best-selling trade books on shyness, and his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment.

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[heartmycrackberry]

God bless youtube's new edu page!

[torosalvajebcn]

Zimbardo for President!

[cpsmalley]

Did you ever finish that paper? I'm doing one too. 6 pages. I would be grateful to read yours. Thanks.

[travis dalaba]

I hope we can work stuff out.

[torosalvajebcn]

Thee's a saying is Spanish: la ocasión hace al ladrón. Mean that a "normal" guy can steal if he knows nobody will notice.

[James Gibson]

I found that line ^^

[manthasagittarius1]

Yes indeed. I was thinking the same thing.



[sigurd187]

I was gonna ask you why , but then I saw your profile name.

[AmazingNationalist]

unesefull*