Biography
Philip Zimbardo is a social psychologist, known thanks to scientific activities. The brightest milestone in it was the holding of a Stanford prison experiment in 1971. Zimbardo's contribution to the study of human psychology is to interpret the features of compassion and altruism, heroism and violent behavior.Childhood and youth
Philip Zimbardo was born on March 23, 1933 in the family of Sicilian immigrants. Childhood boy spent in the Bronx, in New York. Large family lived poorly and received benefits from the state. In the youth of Zimbardo, it was more than once in a situation of discrimination by nationality, which provoked interest in sociology and psychology.
After graduating from school, Philip entered the Brooklyn College. The young man received a bachelor degree in anthropology, sociology and psychology. Then the master and doctoral degree was awarded in Yale University.
Personal life
The wife of Christina Maslychak became his wife's wife. Today, the spouse of the Sciences is a social psychologist and Professor of the University of California. Masolyc biography, like her husband, is related to research. Now the professor is considered an expert on emotional burnout syndrome.Dating a couple took place in student times. The young man cared for the elect during the Stanford experiment. Trusting a friend, Philip demonstrated the results of the study. Spouses have gained happiness in personal life and have not parted since then.
Philip Zimbardo has a personal account in Twitter, where the author's photo and comments on those or other events and his ideas appear periodically.
Science and books
Zimbardo built a career of a scientist in parallel with pedagogical activities. From 1959 to 1960, he taught in Yel, until 1967 was a professor of psychology in college at the University of New York, and then lectured at Columbia University. In 1968, the man became a student of Stanford, and after 3 years later, a professor of psychology in this university.
The US Naval Research Office of the US Psychologist was allocated a government grant to study the psychology of impact on the individual. In the experiment, 70 people participated, conditionally divided into guards and prisoners living in an imitated prison. She was in the basement of the University building. The professor set the task to explore the peculiarities of the transformation of a person from a prisoner in the jailer and related behavioral patterns. The psychologist examined the roles, features of group identity and situational behavior.
Stanford experiment was part of the Zimbardo study regarding dehumanization and antisotional actions in which people may be involved. The guards dominated the prisoners by depriving sleep or solitary conclusion. The actions of the participants in the experiment were constantly observation. After 2 days, the development of a depressive state, uncontrolled aggression and mental disorders in some prisoners became apparent.
To the final of the experiment, the guards used all the prerogatives of the authorities given them, independently established the rules, and the organizers continued to refrain from interference. Fast adaptation to roles accelerated the course of the study, and instead of two weeks it last 5 days. As a result, an interview was collected and an analysis of what happened to evaluate experienced feelings was carried out. Philip Zimbardo received a confirmation of his theory about the asocial and sadistic behavior of people who received power.
The Stanford experiment was a big publicity and caused extensive criticism from Kolybardo colleagues. They tried to catch a professor in that the jailers contributed to him, and not improvised during the procedure. The result of Research Philip summed up in the book called "Lucifer's Effect". Professor brought the dependence of personal characteristics with the manifestation of violent actions and loyalty to them. On the theory of Zimbardo, even good people can be inclined to bad behavior, aggression and irrational asocial agencies.
Professor's cooperation with Stanford University ended in 2003 by the last lecture on the topic of human nature. The 50-year-old pedagogical career approached the end. Subsequently, the scientist led educational activities, speaking on American television, and also participated in specialized conferences and congresses.
In 2008, in cooperation with John Boyd Zimbardo published a book "Paradox of time: a new psychology of time that will change your life." It described the theory of the temporary perspective. Then there was a 4-year study, which was the result of thoughtful therapy. Zimbardo allocated 6 types of temporary prospects. He published the book "Doctor Time. How to live, if there is no strength to forget, fix, return "and created a questionnaire of a temporary perspective. The latter is used by modern psychologists.
In the same year, another experiment of Professor started - the study of social tension syndrome. In search of the ability to assist people through psychology, the scientist created the clinics of shyness in California. Conclusions about the singularities of self-esteem The author published in the book "How to overcome shyness?".
In 2014, Zimbardo was headed by a project that studied everyday heroism and promoting positive actions in ordinary life. The organization collects data on members of the gangster groups, exploring the conditions for changing violent behavior. The researcher issued not one article on how each person may be a hero. Together with Michael Lyippe, he became the author of the book "Social influence".
Together with Nikita Kolombe Zimbardo, he wrote a book "Male in Otter", dedicated to the removal of men from society. The psychologist explained the attractiveness of porn movies and video games for strong sex by education in incomplete families and the orientation of education on women.
Philip Zimbardo is the owner of the Golden Medal of the American Psychological Fund, the Honorary Detament of the University of SWPS in Warsaw and the Satyric Nobel Prize of Psychology.
Philip Zimbardo now
In 2020, the researcher continues charitable and economic activities in Sicily, which took up 17 years ago.Zimbardo is scientific work, but not so actively as before. His books are in demand in their homeland, abroad and in Russia. Stanford experiment repeatedly inspired cinematographers to use its results in projects and became a foundation for new research psychologists.
Bibliography
- 1969 - "Influence on the attitude and change of behavior"
- 1969 - "Cognitive Motivation Control"
- 1970 - "The struggle for peace: leadership for volunteers"
- 1978 - "Psychology and you"
- 1995 - "Explanation of consciousness control: exotic and casual manipulations by consciousness"
- 1990 - "Shyness: what it is and how to cope with it"
- 1999 - "Shy child: how to overcome children's shyness and prevent her development"
- 2005 - "Psychology and Life"
- 2007 - "The Effect of Lucifer. Why good people turn into villains "
- 2008 - "time paradox. New psychology of time that will improve your life "
- 2015 - "Man in Otter: Games, Porn and Loss of Identity"