In this book, Philip Zimbardo delves into the psychological and social factors that lead good people to engage in evil behavior. The book is centered around Zimbardo's famous Stanford Prison Experiment, where students were assigned roles as prisoners and guards, leading to disturbing outcomes. It also examines other historical and contemporary examples, such as the Abu Ghraib prison abuses, to illustrate how situational and systemic forces can transform individuals. Zimbardo argues that humans are neither inherently good nor evil but are shaped by their circumstances. The book explores concepts like deindividuation, dehumanization, and the evil of inaction, and concludes by discussing the concept of heroism and how individuals can resist negative situational influences[1][2][5].
This book draws on thirty years of pioneering research to reveal how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you. It introduces six major time perspectives (Past-negative, Past-positive, Present-fatalistic, Present-hedonistic, Future, and Transcendental future) and provides a practical plan for optimizing your blend of these perspectives. The authors aim to help readers reclaim the past, enjoy the present, and master the future through new ways of seeing and working with time, based on the latest psychological research.
The Time Cure offers a new approach to treating PTSD by helping individuals shift their focus from a negative past to a positive future. Based on Dr. Philip Zimbardo's Temporal Theory, this book provides a self-assessment tool and case studies to illustrate the effectiveness of Time Perspective Therapy. It is designed for individuals with PTSD, therapists, and anyone seeking to improve their understanding of time perspectives.
Psychology and Life provides students with a thorough understanding of psychological theories and research, emphasizing how psychology applies to daily life. The book covers a wide range of topics, from research methods and social psychology to emotions, stress, and personality. It is designed to engage students by illustrating the relevance of psychology in real-world contexts.
In this best-selling book, Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo analyzes shyness with a personal understanding of the emotions involved. He presents advice, exercises, and encouragement to help shy people strengthen their social skills and self-confidence. The book highlights that shyness affects millions, including 'secretly shy' celebrities, and provides practical strategies for improvement.
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Philip Zimbardo, a professor emeritus in psychology at Stanford University, and creator of The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Philip has spent over 50 years teaching psychology - he’s an absolute legend in the field.
He’s written more than 60 books and has over 600 publications (professional and popular articles, and chapters).
Among his books are: Psychology and Life textbook, Shyness, The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, The Time Cure, and most recently, Man Interrupted.
His current research looks at the Psychology of Heroism, asking: “What forces push some people to become perpetrators of evil, while others act heroically on behalf of people in need.”
As founder and president of the nonprofit foundation, Heroic Imagination Project (HIP), he does trainings globally in schools, institutions, and businesses.
It would be impossible to cover all his work over the course of an hour conversation, but we discuss what gave him the idea to conduct The Stanford Prison Experiment and how that shaped some his future work which includes studying topics like: shyness, the conception of time, and heroism.
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