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Philip Zimbardo

Social Psychology

American social psychologist best known for conducting the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment and for his later work on the situational and systemic causes of harmful behavior.

Facts
Birth Date
1933-03-23 1
Birth Year
1933 1
Death Date
2024-10-14 1
Death Year
2024 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
Argued through the Stanford Prison Experiment and later research that situational and systemic forces can lead ordinary people toward abusive behavior, an idea he later called the psychology of evil; the study itself has since become a textbook example of both a famous finding and a contested one. 1
Notable Work
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (2007) 1
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Source Wikipedia: Stanford prison experiment
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1. Wikipedia: Philip Zimbardo
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  • Results section
    situations can have a more powerful influence over our behaviour than most people appreciate
  • Infobox
    American
  • The Lucifer Effect section
    Good people can be induced, seduced, and initiated into behaving in evil ways
Wikipedia: Stanford prison experiment
Wikimedia FoundationStudies Conducted: Stanford Prison Experiment, Lead section
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