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The Lucifer Effect

Index The Lucifer Effect

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil is a 2007 book which includes professor Philip Zimbardo's first detailed, written account of the events surrounding the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) — a prison simulation study which had to be discontinued after only six days due to several distressing outcomes. [1]

52 relations: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, Albert Bandura, American Journal of Psychology, American Psychological Association, American Scientist, Asch conformity experiments, Attica Prison riot, Bibb Latané, Brown University, Bystander effect, Case study, Chile, Christina Maslach, Deindividuation, Disposition, Ervin Staub, Good and evil, International Society of Political Psychology, Ivan Frederick, Joe Darby, John M. Darley, Johnston Press, Lucifer, Milgram experiment, Moral disengagement, Philip Zimbardo, Political Psychology, Power (social and political), PsycCRITIQUES, Psychology, Random House, Richard Holloway, Rider (imprint), Robert V. Levine, Rose McDermott, Satan, Scotland on Sunday, Sigma Xi, Situationism (psychology), Social psychology, Stanford prison experiment, Stuart Wheeler, Tantor Media, TED (conference), The New Republic, The New York Times, The New York Times Best Seller list, The Spectator, The Stanford Prison Experiment (film), University of Concepción, ..., University of Illinois Press, Whistleblower. Expand index (2 more) »

Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

During the war in Iraq that began in March 2003, personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

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Albert Bandura

Albert Bandura (born December 4, 1925) is a psychologist who is the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University.

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American Journal of Psychology

The American Journal of Psychology was the first English-language journal devoted primarily to experimental psychology (though Mind, founded in 1876, published some experimental psychology earlier).

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American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with around 117,500 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students.

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American Scientist

American Scientist (informally abbreviated AmSci) is an American bimonthly science and technology magazine published since 1913 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

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Asch conformity experiments

In psychology, the Asch conformity experiments or the Asch Paradigm refers to a series of studies directed by Solomon Asch studying if and how individuals yielded to or defied a majority group and the effect of such influences on beliefs and opinions.

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Attica Prison riot

The Attica Prison uprising, also known as the Attica Prison rebellion or Attica Prison riot, occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, in 1971.

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Bibb Latané

Bibb Latané (born July 19, 1937) is a United States social psychologist.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Bystander effect

The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.

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Case study

In the social sciences and life sciences, a case study is a research method involving an up-close, in-depth, and detailed examination of a subject of study (the case), as well as its related contextual conditions.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Christina Maslach

Christina Maslach (born January 21, 1946) is an American social psychologist and professor emerita of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, known for her research on occupational burnout.

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Deindividuation

Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups, although this is a matter of contention (see below).

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Disposition

A disposition is a quality of character, a habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way that may be learned.

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Ervin Staub

Ervin Staub (born June 13, 1938) is a professor of psychology, emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Good and evil

In religion, ethics, philosophy, and psychology "good and evil" is a very common dichotomy.

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International Society of Political Psychology

The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is an interdisciplinary not-for-profit organization, representing all fields of enquiry involved with the exploration of relationships between both psychological and political processes and phenomena.

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Ivan Frederick

Ivan Frederick II (born 1966), called Chip Frederick, of Buckingham County, Virginia, is a former staff sergeant in the United States Army.

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Joe Darby

Sergeant Joseph M. Darby (born c. 1979) is a former U.S. Army Reservist known as the whistleblower in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal.

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John M. Darley

John M. Darley (born April 3, 1938) is Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Emeritus at Princeton University.

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Johnston Press

Johnston Press plc is a multimedia company based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Lucifer

Lucifer is a name that, according to dictionaries of the English language, refers either to the Devil or to the planet Venus when appearing as the morning star.

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Milgram experiment

The Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures was a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram.

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Moral disengagement

Moral disengagement is a term from social psychology for the process of convincing the self that ethical standards do not apply to oneself in a particular context.

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Philip Zimbardo

Philip George Zimbardo (born March 23, 1933) is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University.

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Political Psychology

Political Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published bimonthly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Society of Political Psychology.

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Power (social and political)

In social science and politics, power is the ability to influence or outright control the behaviour of people.

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PsycCRITIQUES

PsycCRITIQUES was a database of reviews of books, videos, and popular films published by the American Psychological Association.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Richard Holloway

Richard Holloway, FRSE (born 26 November 1933) is a Scottish writer, broadcaster and cleric.

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Rider (imprint)

Rider is a publishing imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Penguin Random House division.

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Robert V. Levine

Robert V. Levine, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fresno, a social psychology writer, speaker, and consultant.

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Rose McDermott

Rose McDermott is the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University; she has also taught at Cornell, UCSB, and Harvard.

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Satan

Satan is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin.

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Scotland on Sunday

Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman.

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Sigma Xi

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a handful of graduate students.

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Situationism (psychology)

Situationism is the theory that changes in human behavior are factors of the situation rather than the traits a person possesses.

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Social psychology

Social psychology is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

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Stanford prison experiment

The Stanford prison experiment was a 1971 experiment that attempted to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power, focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison officers.

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Stuart Wheeler

John Stuart Wheeler (born 30 January 1935) is a British financier and political activist.

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Tantor Media

Tantor Media is an imprint of RBMedia, its parent company.

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TED (conference)

TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a media organization that posts talks online for free distribution, under the slogan "ideas worth spreading".

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The New Republic

The New Republic is a liberal American magazine of commentary on politics and the arts, published since 1914, with influence on American political and cultural thinking.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

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The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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The Stanford Prison Experiment (film)

The Stanford Prison Experiment is a 2015 American thriller film directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, written by Tim Talbott, and starring Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Thirlby, and Nelsan Ellis.

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University of Concepción

Universidad de Concepción, also known by its acronym UdeC, is a traditional Chilean private university, the work of the Penquista community, one of the most traditional and prestigious in its country, considered complex due to its extensive research in the various areas of knowledge.

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University of Illinois Press

The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is a major American university press and is part of the University of Illinois system.

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Whistleblower

A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucifer_Effect

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