BF199 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stanford Prison Experiment, Patellar Reflex, Deindividuation
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Zimbardo: the lucifer effect, stanford prison experiment. Why essential and dispositional: dispositional: can look at ourselves and say we"re not evil, essential: easier to keep control of and understand what is evil and what is not. Problem solving: by focusing on pragmatic tasks, we can distract ourselves from the big picture, focus on the little jobs that will complete little tasks, even though the larger project is doing evil. Anonymity facilitates antisocial behaviour: uniforms, masks, anything that de-individuates. Need for social approval: it is amazing what we will do to fit in, convinces us to act in a way that is not typical, right, or good, feels good though, because we fit in. 3: just an object acting upon another object, neither of which is wholly human. Pick a job you love: you would think sadistic sociopaths would make good torturers but they don"t.
