In one sense, the Stanford prison study is more like a Greek drama than a traditional experiment, in that we have humanity, represented by a bunch of good people, pitted against an evil-producing situation. The question is, does the goodness… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection of situational temptations. We invest human nature with God-like qualities, with moral and rational faculties… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
It was God who created hell as a place to store evil. He didn't do a good job of keeping it there though. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes,… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
The "Lucifer Effect" describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to engage in… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
The [Stanford Prison Experiment] was readily approved by the Human Subjects Research committee because it seemed like college kids playing cops and robbers, it… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be a team… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
The first time I spoke publicly about the Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram told me: "Your study is going to take all the ethical… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
Boys' brains are being digitally rewired for change, novelty, excitement and constant arousal. That means they're totally out of sync in traditional classes, which… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share
