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“Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.”

Quote by Philip Zimbardo

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Philip Zimbardo

Philip Zimbardo is a renowned psychologist, known for his groundbreaking research in prison experiments and personality psychology. His work has revealed the complexity of human behavior and the impact of social environments on individual actions. more

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“My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.”

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“The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.”

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“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.”

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“Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.”

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“Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.'”

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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?”

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“Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.”

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“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

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“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”

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“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.”

Source: Uncommon Sense: From the Writings of Howard Zinn