6 Quotes & Sayings By Philip Zimbardo

Philip Zimbardo is an American psychologist, best known for his work on the Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a BA in psychology from Bucknell University in 1968 and a PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University in 1971. He has been a professor at Stanford University since 1971 and has worked there until his retirement Read more

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What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality? Philip Zimbardo
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That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training. Philip Zimbardo
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A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for challenging its leadership openly. A good cult expands the freedoms and well-being of its members rather than limits them. Philip Zimbardo
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Academic success depends on research and publications. Philip Zimbardo
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I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero. Philip Zimbardo