Philip Zimbardo

In The Lucifer Effect, the award-winning and internationally respected psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. He challenges our conceptions of who we think we are, what we believe we will never do - and how and why almost any of us could be initiated into the ranks of evil doers.

At the same time he describes the safeguards we can put in place to prevent ourselves from corrupting - or being corrupted by - others, and what sets some people apart as heroes and heroines, able to resist powerful pressures to go along with the group, and to refuse to be team players when personal integrity is at stake.

Using the first in-depth analysis of his classic Stanford Prison Experiment, and his personal experiences as an expert witness for one of the Abu Ghraib prison guards, Zimbardo''s stimulating and provocative book raises fundamental questions about the nature of good and evil, and how each one of us needs to be vigilant to prevent becoming trapped in the ''Lucifer Effect'', no matter what kind of character or morality we believe ourselves to have.

The Lucifer Effect won the William James Book Award in 2008.

'Zimbardo has put his finger on a great challenge of the modern era' - The Sunday TimesMasculinity is in meltdown. Young men are failing as never before academically, socially and sexually. But why? And what needs to be done?Internationally-acclaimed psychologist Philip Zimbardo, and research partner Nikita Coulombe, show how symptoms include excessive gaming and porn use, apathy and drug abuse. They argue that digital technologies create alternative worlds that many boys find less demanding and more rewarding than real life, yet which are ultimately harmful.There is hope. Man Disconnected reveals where the solutions are to be found, and what action we can take. Controversial, provocative and insightful, this book is an alarm call ignored at our peril.

Every significant choice, every important decision we make, is determined by our perception of time. This is the most influential force in our lives, yet we are virtually unaware of it. In this fascinating book, the award-winning past president of the American Psychological Association, Philip Zimbardo, and his co-author, John Boyd, show how:

- the way you perceive time is as unique as your fingerprints
- these individual time perspectives shape your life, and the world around you
- you can change the way you perceive time, so you get the most out of every minute
- if you don''t, the power of time in the modern world is so immense that it will take its toll on you

The Time Paradox is a highly readable, stimulating look at a subject that absorbs us all.

Two out of every five people in the U.S. regard themselves as "shy." Yet shyness can be cured, says Dr. Philip Zimbardo, the nation's leading authority on shyness. With co-author Shirley Radl, Dr. Zimbardo presents a program for overcoming and preventing shyness from infancy to adulthood. The book is based on pioneering research conducted at the Stanford Shyness Clinic, including surveys of children, parents and teachers in the U.S. and abroad. It documents which parenting "style" encourages self-confidence in a child, offers help for the problems of being shy and provides methods for building a child's trust and self-esteem. The Shy Child explores the role that school plays in contributing to a child's shyness, and suggests ways to improve the quality of the classroom experience for every child. It's the only book to provide an effective program for conquering childhood shyness, before it has a chance to limit a child's options and determine the course of his or her life.

Masculinitatea este ÿn declin! ÿn prezent, tinerii b?rba?i au e?ecuri mai mari decât oricând pe plan academic, social ?i sexual. Care sunt motivele care au generat aceast? situa?ie ?i ce este de f?cut? Bazându-se pe cercet?rile lor, autorii prezint? mai ÿntâi motivele asociate cu tr?s?turile de personalitate, precum timiditatea, impulsivitatea ?i lipsa con?tiinciozit??ii. Apoi iau ÿn considerare factorii situa?ionali, cum ar fi r?spândirea fenomenului de absen?? a tat?lui, disponibilitatea jocurilor video stimulative ?i accesul gratuit la pornografie pe internet. ÿn sfâr?it, autorii adaug? un plus de complexitate analizei, luând ÿn considerare factori sistemici cum sunt: consecin?ele politice ?i economice ale legisla?iei ce recunoa?te nevoile ?i drepturile femeilor, dar care, ÿn acela?i timp, le ignor? pe cele ale b?rba?ilor; modific?rile fiziologice generate de mediu, care scad nivelul testosteronului ?i cresc nivelul estrogenului; influen?ele din mass-media; recesiunea economic? ce a avut drept rezultat sc?derea locurilor de munc?; precum ?i e?ecul sistemului educa?ional de a crea medii provocatoare care s? stimuleze curiozitatea b?ie?ilor.

Influen?a social? este prezent? peste tot. Func?ioneaz? oriunde, oricând. Pentru a func?iona ÿn cel mai eficient mod ÿn lumea ÿn care tr?im, e bine s? ?tim cum ?i când s? folosim influen?a social?, s? fim ÿn stare s? recunoa?tem când cineva ÿncearc? s? ne conving? de ceva ?i s? ÿn?elegem când s? accept?m sau s? respingem tentativele altor persoane de a ne persuada. ÿn volumul de fa??, autorii abordeaz? ÿn mod integrat o gam? larg? de studii, teorii ?i aplica?ii practice din domeniul influen?ei sociale, acoperind toate subiectele principale din aceast? sfer?, printre care persuasiunea, complian?a, conformismul, obedien?a, disonan?a ?i autoatribuirea, condi?ionarea ?i ÿnv??area social?, rela?ia dintre atitudine ?i comportament, implicarea atitudinal?, prejudec??ile, comunicarea nonverbal? ?i chiar influen?a subliminal?. Teoriile psihologiei sociale sunt prezentate ÿntr-un stil antrenant ?i sunt ilustrate cu experimente ?i cercet?ri de teren descrise ÿn detaliu, cu aplica?ii ?i exemple din via?a cotidian?, astfel ÿncât aceast? carte s? fie atât util? ÿn studierea influen?ei sociale, cât ?i agreabil? ca lectur?.
Philip G. Zimbardo a fost profesor de psihologie la Universit??ile Stanford, Yale, New York ?i Columbia ?i a fost pre?edinte al Asocia?iei Americane de Psihologie. A scris numeroase articole ?i c?r?i, fiind cunoscut pentru remarcabilele cercet?ri din domeniul psihologiei sociale. La Editura Trei a ap?rut cartea sa Masculinitate furat?. De ce tinerii b?rba?i ÿntâmpin? probleme ?i ce e de f?cut.
Michael R. Leippe este profesor de psihologie social? la John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York ?i a predat la St. Norbert College, Adelphi University, Saint Louis University ?i Illinois State University. A studiat efectele influen?ei sociale ÿn diferite domenii, acordând un interes deosebit psihologiei m?rturiei judiciare.

In his landmark book, The Time Paradox, internationally known psychologist Philip Zimbardo showed that we can transform the way we think about our past, present, and future to attain greater success in work and in life. Now, in The Time Cure, Zimbardo has teamed with clinicians Richard and Rosemary Sword to reveal a groundbreaking approach that helps those living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to shift their time perspectives and move beyond the traumatic past toward a more positive future. Time Perspective Therapy switches the focus from past to present, from negative to positive, clearing the pathway for the best yet to come: the future. It helps PTSD sufferers pull their feet out of the quicksand of past traumas and step firmly on the solid ground of the present, allowing them to take a step forward into a brighter future. Rather than viewing PTSD as a mental illness the authors see it as a mental injury a normal reaction to traumatic events and offer those suffering from PTSD the healing balm of hope. The Time Cure lays out the step-by-step process of Time Perspective Therapy, which has proven effective for a wide range of individuals, from veterans to survivors of abuse, accidents, assault, and neglect. Rooted in psychological research, the book also includes a wealth of vivid and inspiring stories from real-life PTSD sufferers effective for individuals seeking self-help, their loved ones, therapists and counselors, or anyone who wants to move forward to a brighter future.

In his 2012 book Time Cure, psychologist Philip Zimbardo introduced a groundbreaking therapeutic approach for PTSD sufferers, co-developed with Rosemary Sword. "Time Perspective Therapy" shifts mental focus from the past to the present, and from negative to positive events, helping anyone achieve a more balanced view of life. Featuring real-life stories, this book describes how TPT helps people living with depression, anxiety or stress to move beyond past negative experiences--from toxic relationships to bullying--toward a more positive future.

An accessible, easy-to-follow illustrated guide to the 125 most important milestones in psychology.   Now is the perfect time to expand your knowledge and learn something new or delve deeper into a topic you’ve always been interested in. With 125 concise, informative, and entertaining entries, The Bedside Book of Psychology explores the key theories, discoveries, and experiments, influential personalities, and seminal publications in the field over the millennia. Wade Pickren covers a wide range of topics and cultures—from ancient philosophies of psychotherapeutic well-being such as shamanism, to mesmerism, multiple personality disorder, Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, Pavlov’s conditioning experiments, mirror neurons, positive psychology, sexual fluidity, and climate-crisis psychology—all in an accessible, conversational voice. Includes seventy-five black-and-white illustrations throughout.  

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 in the trial of a US serviceman who took part in the violent abuse of Iraqi prisoners in the wake of the second Gulf War.

Zimbardo?s book The Lucifer Effect is an extended analysis that aims to find solutions to the problem of how good people can commit evil acts. Zimbardo used his problem-solving skills to locate the solution to this question in an understanding of two conditions. Firstly, he writes, situational factors (circumstances and setting) must override dispositional ones, meaning that decent and well-meaning people can behave uncharacteristically when placed in unusual or stressful environments. Secondly, good and evil are not alternatives; they are interchangeable. Most people are capable of being both angels and devils, depending on the circumstances.

In making this observation, Zimbardo also built on the work of Stanley Milgram, whose own psychological experiments had shown the impact that authority figures can have on determining the actions of their subordinates. Zimbardo''s book is a fine example of the importance of asking productive questions that go beyond the theoretical to consider real-world events.

Of the twenty-three Brazilian policemen interviewed in depth for this landmark study, fourteen were direct perpetrators of torture and murder during the three decades that included the 1964-1985 military regime. These "violence workers" and the other group of "atrocity facilitators" who had not, or claimed they had not, participated directly in the violence, help answer questions that haunt today's world: Why and how are ordinary men transformed into state torturers and murderers? How do atrocity perpetrators explain and justify their violence? What is the impact of their murderous deeds-on them, on their victims, and on society? What memories of their atrocities do they admit and which become public history?

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lucifer Effect comes a breakthrough book that draws on thirty years of pioneering research to reveal, for the first time, how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you. This is the first paradox of time: Your attitudes toward time have a profound impact on your life and world, yet you seldom recognize it. Our goal is to help you reclaim yesterday, enjoy today, and master tomorrow with new ways of seeing and working with your past, present, and future. Just as Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences permanently altered our understanding of intelligence and Malcolm Gladwell's Blink gave us an appreciation for the adaptive unconscious, Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd's new book changes the way we think about and experience time. It will give you new insights into how family conflicts can be resolved by ways to enhance your sexuality and sensuality, and mindsets for becoming more successful in business and happier in your life. Based on the latest psychological research, The Time Paradox is both a "big think" guide for living in the twenty-first century and one of those rare self-help books that really does have the power to improve lives.

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 in the trial of a US serviceman who took part in the violent abuse of Iraqi prisoners in the wake of the second Gulf War.

Zimbardo?s book The Lucifer Effect is an extended analysis that aims to find solutions to the problem of how good people can commit evil acts. Zimbardo used his problem-solving skills to locate the solution to this question in an understanding of two conditions. Firstly, he writes, situational factors (circumstances and setting) must override dispositional ones, meaning that decent and well-meaning people can behave uncharacteristically when placed in unusual or stressful environments. Secondly, good and evil are not alternatives; they are interchangeable. Most people are capable of being both angels and devils, depending on the circumstances.

In making this observation, Zimbardo also built on the work of Stanley Milgram, whose own psychological experiments had shown the impact that authority figures can have on determining the actions of their subordinates. Zimbardo''s book is a fine example of the importance of asking productive questions that go beyond the theoretical to consider real-world events.

In his landmark book, The Time Paradox, internationally known psychologist Philip Zimbardo showed that we can transform the way we think about our past, present, and future to attain greater success in work and in life. Now, in The Time Cure, Zimbardo has teamed with clinicians Richard and Rosemary Sword to reveal a groundbreaking approach that helps those living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to shift their time perspectives and move beyond the traumatic past toward a more positive future. Time Perspective Therapy switches the focus from past to present, from negative to positive, clearing the pathway for the best yet to come: the future. It helps PTSD sufferers pull their feet out of the quicksand of past traumas and step firmly on the solid ground of the present, allowing them to take a step forward into a brighter future. Rather than viewing PTSD as a mental illness the authors see it as a mental injury a normal reaction to traumatic events and offer those suffering from PTSD the healing balm of hope. The Time Cure lays out the step-by-step process of Time Perspective Therapy, which has proven effective for a wide range of individuals, from veterans to survivors of abuse, accidents, assault, and neglect. Rooted in psychological research, the book also includes a wealth of vivid and inspiring stories from real-life PTSD sufferers effective for individuals seeking self-help, their loved ones, therapists and counselors, or anyone who wants to move forward to a brighter future.