Philip Zimbardo
Philip George Zimbardo was an American psychologist and a professor at Stanford University. He was an internationally known educator, researcher, author and media personality in psychology who authored more than 500 articles, chapters, textbooks, and trade books covering a wide range of topics, including time perspective, cognitive dissonance, the psychology of evil, persuasion, cults, deindividuation, shyness, and heroism. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later criticized as being based on biased science.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Yale UniversityBrooklyn CollegeJames Monroe High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Kurt Lewin Award🏆 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science🏆 The VIZE 97 Prize
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Neal E. Miller
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Scott Plous
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Trending topics shown first"Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At Abu Ghraib, one photo shows two soldiers smiling before a pyramid of …"
"The “Lucifer Effect” describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to engage in an evil action. It represents a transformation of human c…"
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Timeline
1933
Born
Birth2024
Died
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