The Lucifer Effect--Understanding How Good People Turn Evil--Phil Zimbardo

by blondie 11 Replies latest jw friends

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  blondie

  My first exposure to psychology was reading one of Phil Zimbardo's books after seeing his series on a PBS station. You might remember him from the Stanford Prison Experiment.

  The above is his new book that I plan on getting.

  He also spoke at MIT and the webcast is here:

  http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2007/03/30_zimbardo.php

  To view a webcast of the event, click here.

  Here is another related site: www.lucifereffect.org

  The information is helpful in understanding cults and high control groups.

  Blondie
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  misanthropic

  I just bought a copy online. Was just looking for a good book on exactly this, thanks.
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  GentlyFeral

  I haven't read the Lucifer Effect website yet; I was detoured by the Wikipedia entry on him. Found out he's also done a lot of research on shyness and written books about it - so, between trauma and shyness, I figure he's found out a lot of things my daughter needs to know. Thanks, Blondie. GentlyFeral
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  Merry Magdalene

  Thanks Blondie. That looks worth reading. If I remember correctly, the results of that prison experiment were quite chilling. This could shed a lot of light on current horror stories.

  ~Merry
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  littlerockguy

  I ordered that book on Monday morning on Amazon, I should be getting it in the mail today. It looks very interesting and insightful!
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  blondie

  Excellent book....anyone see his series on PBS. First got me interested in psychology.
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  blondie

  Has anyone body else read this book.

  Remember Professor Zimbardo was the one that did the test where half the students were prisoners and half were prisoners and what played out, how good people did "evil" things. Makes you think about the scandal with the prison on Iraq. Something to compare with the Milgram experiment.

  Blondie
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  nvrgnbk

  I can relate.

  I used to be good.
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  DannyHaszard

  The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo

  The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil.

  (I have linked at my site too damn goodie)

  Nazi Comic Books Hitler’s “final solution” of genocide of all European Jews began by shaping the beliefs of school children...
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  Leolaia

  I guess I'm at the center of it all. Across the street from my house is the school where the "Third Wave" experiment happened (we had a thread on this last week), and today I checked into my office in the basement of the building about 30 feet from where Zimbardo did his experiment....