Although Zimbardo claimed that “virtually anybody” in the situation at Abu Ghraib would act the same way – a sweeping generalization for which little or no evidence is provided – there is evidence ...
Former college professor Zimbardo headed the now-famous (and infamous) Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971, a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. He later ...
This post is in response to Are Heroes and Villains Really Just Victims of Circumstance? By Scott A. McGreal MSc. In part 1 of this post, I discussed the situationist analysis of the “banality” of ...