In 1971, 23 American college students' lives were changed by the now notorious Stanford Prison Experiment. For the eminent psychologist responsible, Philip Zimbardo, the parallels to the atrocities at Abu Ghraib are palpable. In an exclusive Australian interview, he joins Natasha Mitchell, to reflect on the capacity in all of us to commit evil. It's a case of good apples put in bad barrels.
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When Good People Turn Bad - Philip Zimbardo in conversation
Professor Philip Zimbardo
Stanford University
Former President, American Psychological Society
Cofounder, National Center on the Psychology of Terrorism (USA)
http://www.zimbardo.com
Further Information
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Background and relevant articles and commentary for the Stanford Prison Experiment.
http://www.prisonexp.org/
The Lucifer Effect
Website with extra articles and background relevant to Philip Zimbardo's book, The Lucifer Effect.
Resisting Influence
Online essay by Philip Zimbardo and Cindy X. Wang, including ideas from a 'Ten-Step Program to Build Resistance and Resilience'.
Finding Hope in Knowing the Universal Capacity for Evil: A Conversation With Philip G. Zimbardo
Q + A with Philip Zimbardo in the New York Times, April 2007.
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Interview with Philip Zimbardo conducted by Amy Goodman, host of the US TV show Democracy Now, March 2007.
Situationist Ethics: The Stanford Prison Experiment Doesn't Explain Abu Ghraib
Essay for online publication Slate, critiquing Philip Zimbardo's connections between Abu Ghraib and the Stanford Prison Experiment. By William Saletan, 2004.
Excerpts from the documentary Quite Rage were used in this program
A documentary film made about the Stanford Prison Experiment
The Milgram Obedience Song
Excerpts of this composition by Dan Wegner were used in this program.
Wikipedia entry on the Milgram Experiment
The notorious experiment conducted in the 1960s by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram. Milgram and Philip Zimbardo both grew up in the Bronx, attending the same school. [NB: The ABC cannot account for the accuracy or integrity of the information contained in the Wikipedia entry].
Publications
Title: The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
Author: Philip Zimbardo
Publisher: Random House, 2007
URL: http://www.lucifereffect.org/
ISBN:978-1-84-413577-6
Title: Psychology: Core Concepts, Discovering Psychology Edition (5th Edition)
Author: Philip G. Zimbardo, Robert L. Johnson, Anne L. Weber
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2007.
ISBN-10: 020554570X
Title: Psychology and Life (18th Edition)
Author: Richard J. Gerrig, Philip G. Zimbardo
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2007
ISBN-10: 0205498469
Presenter
Natasha Mitchell
Producer
Natasha Mitchell/Anita Barraud