We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at times gets pushed into neutral. When that happens, morality is disengaged. If the car happens to be on an incline, car and driver move precipitously downhill. It is then the nature of the circumstances that determines outcomes, not the driver's skills or intentions.
Philip G. ZimbardoSticks and stones can break your bones, but names can kill you.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: human-nature psychology elvil
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 that make us both just and wise. We simplify the complexity of human experience by erecting a seemingly impermeable boundary between Good and Evil.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: psychology
Jerry-5486: "The most apparent thing that I noticed was how most of the people in this study derive their sense of identity and well-being from their immediate surroundings rather than from within themselves, and that's why they broke down—just couldn't stand the pressure—they had nothing within them to hold up against all of this.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: identity prison self-reliance stanford-prison-experiment
Fear is the State's psychological weapon of choice to frighten citizens into sacrificing their basic freedoms and rule-of-law protections in exchange for the security promised by their all-powerful government.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: fear despotism war-on-terror
Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: behavior social-psychology
The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: behavior shyness social-psychology
The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: situation behavior social-psychology
One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: behavior social-psychology
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
Philip G. ZimbardoTags: heroes behavior social-psychology
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