“Most of us fail to appreciate the extent to which our behavior is under situational control, because we prefer to believe that is all is internally generated. We wander around cloaked in an illusion of vulnerability, mis-armed with an arrogance of free will and rationality.” BelieveFailingBehaviorIllusionAppreciateWanderVulnerabilityArroganceFree WillRationality Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask. When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan.” KindPersonsBehindsPsychologyDoorsBehaviorAll KindsCuriousMaskAntisocialKu Klux KlanAntisocial Behavior Author:Philip Zimbardo
“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.” HumansReligiousSituationMoralEnvironmentBehaviorTrainingGenesHuman BehaviorExternal Environment Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.” HumansPowerfulInfluenceHeroBehaviorAcknowledgeHeroicHuman BehaviorVariablesSocial Psychology Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.” HumansBehaviorPlasticHuman BehaviorSocial Psychology Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented.” PeopleTryingHumansShowsPastTimePowerfulInfluencePerspectiveBehaviorPrejudiceMost PowerfulHuman BehaviorSocial PsychologyBiasedPast Present Author:Philip Zimbardo
“The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, psychotropic drugs, or "brainwashing," but rather the systematic manipulation of the most mundane aspects of human nature over time in confining settings.” MindHumansFormInfluenceHuman NatureDrugBehaviorConsequenceAspectSettingSettingsInstanceDramaticManipulationMundaneExoticSystematicMind ControlBrainwashingHypnosisBehavior Change Book:The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil Source: The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
