1st Edition

An Analysis of Philip Zimbardo's The Lucifer Effect Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

By Alexander O’Connor Copyright 2017
112 Pages
by Macat Library

112 Pages
by Macat Library

112 Pages
by Macat Library

What makes good people capable of committing bad – even evil – acts? Few psychologists are as well-qualified to answer that question as Philip Zimbardo, a psychology professor who was not only the author of the classic Stanford Prison Experiment – which asked two groups of students to assume the roles of prisoners and guards in a makeshift jail, to dramatic effect – but also an active participant... Read more

Ways in to the Text 

Who was Philip Zimbardo? 

What does The Lucifer Effect Say?  

Why does The Lucifer Effect Matter? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  

Module 2: Academic Context  

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution  

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas  

Module 7: Achievement  

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses  

Module 10: The Evolving Debate  

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms  

People Mentioned in the Text  

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Alexander O’Connor did his postgraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a PhD for work on social and personality psychology.