Summary Of The Lucifer Effect By Zimbardo

In selecting and reviewing the article by Zimbardo Revisiting Stanford Prison Experiment, by the 1970s, psychologists had done a series of studies establishing the social power of groups; they showed, for example, that groups of strangers could persuade people to believe statements that were obviously false (Zimbardo 2007). Given the Stanford Prison Experiment had some ethical issues and concerns. The research question identified in this study review; Zimbardo wanted to know who wins good people or an evil situation when they were brought into direct confrontation (Zimbardo 2007). In fact, considering the experiment the Ethical Guidelines changed. According to Zimbardo (2007), in retrospect, I believe that the main reason I did not end the study sooner resulted from the conflict created in me by my dual roles as principal investigator, and thus guardian of the research ethics of the experiment, and as the prison superintendent,
This study highlights a military Sergeant Russell, who was found guilty and convicted of five shootings. The question asked what were the determining factors provoking the shootings. There were mental health issues that were later identified, such as past suicidal and mental conditions. So how could such a person who had been in the military for over twenty years commit such a heinous act; and did he act out on his latent sadistic impulses, or were there other environmental forces at work? (Hong 2012). According to Hong (2012), The Lucifer Effect, authored by Philip Zimbardo, may provide an explanation as to how a seemingly ordinary man could commit such a crime of extraordinary moral