Philip Zimbardo
Social psychologist and author
Philip Zimbardo was an American psychologist and Stanford University professor, known for the 1971 Stanford prison experiment and the book The Lucifer Effect.
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American Born 1933 in New York City, United States Died 2024
Influenced by Stanley Milgram
About Philip Zimbardo
Philip Zimbardo (1933 to 2024) was an American psychologist who taught at Stanford University, where he became professor emeritus. He wrote on a wide range of subjects, including time perspective, persuasion, shyness and heroism. His books include The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox and Shyness. His 1971 Stanford prison experiment brought him great attention, and it was later criticized for its methods. He also started the Stanford Shyness Clinic in the 1970s and wrote several introductory psychology textbooks for college students. Zimbardo was president of the American Psychological Association in 2002. He founded the Heroic Imagination Project, a non-profit that trains people to resist bullying, bystanding and negative conformity.