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The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil, Philip Zimbardo
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- Summary
- What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Zimbardo is perhaps best known as the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Here, for the first time and in detail, he tells the full story of this landmark study, in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into ʺguardsʺ and ʺinmatesʺ and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the ʺbad appleʺ with that of the ʺbad barrelʺ-the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendtʼs Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinkerʼs The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 551 pages
- Contents
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- 1 The psychology of evil : situated character transformations
- 2 Sundayʼs surprise arrests
- 3 Let Sundayʼs degradation rituals begin
- 4 Mondayʼs prisoner rebellion
- 5 Tuesdayʼs double trouble : visitors and rioters
- 6 Wednesday is spiraling out of control
- 7 The power to parole
- 8 Thursdayʼs reality confrontations
- 9 Fridayʼs fade to black
- 10 The SPEʼs meaning and messages : the alchemy of character transformations
- 11 The SPE : ethics and extensions
- 12 Investigating social dynamics : power, conformity, and obedience
- 13 Investigating social dynamics : deindividuation, dehumanization, and the evil of inaction
- 14 Abu Ghraibʼs abuses and tortures : understanding and personalizing its horrors
- 15 Putting the system on trial : command complicity
- 16 Resisting situational influences and celebrating heroism
- Isbn
- 9781400064113
- Label
- The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil
- Title
- The Lucifer effect
- Title remainder
- understanding how good people turn evil
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip Zimbardo
- Subject
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- trueSituation ethics
- trueSocial psychology
- trueSocial behavior
- trueApplied psychology
- Good and evil -- Psychological aspects
- trueGood and evil -- Psychological aspects
- trueHuman experimentation in psychology
- trueHuman rights
- trueMental health
- truePeer pressure
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Mental Health
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Zimbardo is perhaps best known as the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Here, for the first time and in detail, he tells the full story of this landmark study, in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into ʺguardsʺ and ʺinmatesʺ and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the ʺbad appleʺ with that of the ʺbad barrelʺ-the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendtʼs Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinkerʼs The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior
- Summary
- Discusses why people are susceptible to the power of evil, the ability of group dynamics and situational pressures to transform human behavior, the significance of disobedience, and the true nature of heroism
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- 211910
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Zimbardo, Philip G
- Dewey number
- 155.9/62
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BF789.E94
- LC item number
- Z56 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Good and evil
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- adult
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- understanding how good people turn evil
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- The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil, Philip Zimbardo
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [492]-533) and index
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- Contents
- 1 The psychology of evil : situated character transformations -- 2 Sundayʼs surprise arrests -- 3 Let Sundayʼs degradation rituals begin -- 4 Mondayʼs prisoner rebellion -- 5 Tuesdayʼs double trouble : visitors and rioters -- 6 Wednesday is spiraling out of control -- 7 The power to parole -- 8 Thursdayʼs reality confrontations -- 9 Fridayʼs fade to black -- 10 The SPEʼs meaning and messages : the alchemy of character transformations -- 11 The SPE : ethics and extensions -- 12 Investigating social dynamics : power, conformity, and obedience -- 13 Investigating social dynamics : deindividuation, dehumanization, and the evil of inaction -- 14 Abu Ghraibʼs abuses and tortures : understanding and personalizing its horrors -- 15 Putting the system on trial : command complicity -- 16 Resisting situational influences and celebrating heroism
- Control code
- 20982059
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xx, 551 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400064113
- Lccn
- 2006050388
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- n
- Other control number
- 9781400064113
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm70839827
- (OCoLC)70839827
- Label
- The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil, Philip Zimbardo
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [492]-533) and index
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- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- Contents
- 1 The psychology of evil : situated character transformations -- 2 Sundayʼs surprise arrests -- 3 Let Sundayʼs degradation rituals begin -- 4 Mondayʼs prisoner rebellion -- 5 Tuesdayʼs double trouble : visitors and rioters -- 6 Wednesday is spiraling out of control -- 7 The power to parole -- 8 Thursdayʼs reality confrontations -- 9 Fridayʼs fade to black -- 10 The SPEʼs meaning and messages : the alchemy of character transformations -- 11 The SPE : ethics and extensions -- 12 Investigating social dynamics : power, conformity, and obedience -- 13 Investigating social dynamics : deindividuation, dehumanization, and the evil of inaction -- 14 Abu Ghraibʼs abuses and tortures : understanding and personalizing its horrors -- 15 Putting the system on trial : command complicity -- 16 Resisting situational influences and celebrating heroism
- Control code
- 20982059
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xx, 551 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400064113
- Lccn
- 2006050388
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781400064113
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm70839827
- (OCoLC)70839827
Subject
- trueSituation ethics
- trueSocial psychology
- trueSocial behavior
- trueApplied psychology
- Good and evil -- Psychological aspects
- trueGood and evil -- Psychological aspects
- trueHuman experimentation in psychology
- trueHuman rights
- trueMental health
- truePeer pressure
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Mental Health
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