This was from a Wired story this morning:
Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo will look at why people become
evil by discussing his famous 1971 Stanford prison experiment, in
which students playing "prison guards" in a simulation quickly became
abusive toward their "prisoners." Zimbardo will discuss how the abuses
perpetrated by the students in his study parallel what guards at the
Abu Ghraib prison did to inmates in Iraq.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2008/02/ted_walkup
For those not familiar with the TED site, you can find it at
http://www.ted.com/index.php/
I downloaded the one recommended (here or on PsychTeach) that was
presented by Vilayanur Ramachandran. There are presentations by Pinker,
Shermer, Susan Savage-Rumbaugh, Jane Goodall, and Bono. It said that it
starts on Wednesday and runs through Saturday so it's not clear when
Zimbardo's talk will be online. If you are in a hurry and want to watch
live, the tickets are only $6000.
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_Rick Stevens
_Psychology Department
_University of Louisiana at Monroe
_Monroe, LA
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