Zimbardo, Philip G.

Psychology and life by Philip G Zimbardo ( Book )
174 editions published between 1971 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 3,431 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The aim of Psychology and life is to use solid scientific research to combat psychological misconceptions. In our experience as teachers, one of the most reliable occurrences on the first day of introductory psychology is the throng of students who push forward at the end of class to ask, in essence, Will this class teach me what I need to know? My mother is taking Prozac: Will we learn what it does? Are you going to teach us how to study better? I need to put my son in daycare to come back to school. Is that going to be all right for him? What should I do if I have a friend talking about suicide? We take comfort that each of these questions has been addressed by rigorous empirical research. Psychology and life is devoted to providing students with scientific analyses of their foremost concerns. As a result, the features of Psychology and life support a central theme: psychology as a science, with a focus on applying that science to your students' lives."--Provided by publisher

The Lucifer effect : understanding how good people turn evil by Philip G Zimbardo ( Book )
55 editions published between 2007 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 3,133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What makes good people do bad things' How can moral people be seduced to act immorally' Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it' Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer Effect he explains how'and the myriad reasons why'we are all susceptible to the lure of "the dark side." Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Zimbardo is perhaps best known as the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Here, for the first time and in detail, he tells the full story of this landmark study, in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into "guards" and "inmates" and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the "bad apple" with that of the "bad barrel"'the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior. From the Hardcover edition

Shyness : what it is, what to do about it by Philip G Zimbardo ( Book )
51 editions published between 1977 and 1998 in 6 languages and held by 1,976 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Explains how and why people become shy, examines the lives of famous people who were shy, and suggests ways to overcome shyness

The time paradox : the new psychology of time that will change your life by Philip G Zimbardo ( Book )
40 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 1,690 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reveals how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you, interacting to create national cultures, economics, and personal destinies

Influencing attitudes and changing behavior : an introduction to method, theory, and applications of social control and personal power by Philip G Zimbardo ( Book )
48 editions published between 1960 and 1979 in 3 languages and held by 1,663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Violence workers police torturers and murderers reconstruct Brazilian atrocities by Martha Knisely Huggins ( )
12 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1,496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Of the 23 Brazilian policemen interviewed in depth for this landmark study, 14 were direct perpetrators of torture and murder during the three decades that included the 1964-1985 military regime. The policemen help answer questions that haunt today's world

Quiet rage the Stanford prison study ( Visual )
30 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in English and held by 1,397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discusses a prison simulation experiment conducted in 1971 with students at Stanford University and considers the causes and effects that make prisons such an emotional issue. Documentary includes new film, flashback editing, and follow-ups 20-years later, revealing the chronology of the transition of good into evil, of normal into the abnormal

Discovering psychology by Philip G Zimbardo ( Visual )
43 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Updated edition highlights major new developments in the field, offering an overview of classic and current theories of human behavior. Leading researchers, practitioners, and theorists probe the mysteries of the mind and body. Based on extensive investigation and superior scholarship, this introductory course in psychology features demonstrations, classic experiments and simulations, current research, documentary footage, and computer animation

The shy child : a parent's guide to preventing and overcoming shyness from infancy to adulthood by Philip G Zimbardo ( Book )
10 editions published between 1981 and 2007 in English and held by 954 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collateral damage the psychological consequences of America's war on terrorism ( )
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide