Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school. Philip Zimbardo More Quotes by Philip Zimbardo More Quotes From Philip Zimbardo Heroism is the antidote to evil. Philip Zimbardo antidote heroism evil The Devil's strategy for our times is to trivialize human existence and isolate us from one another while creating the delusion that the reasons are time pressures, work demands or economic anxieties. Philip Zimbardo anxiety creating fear Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy because they thought I looked Jewish. Philip Zimbardo boys life dirty We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at times gets pushed into neutral. When that happens, morality is disengaged. If the car happens to be on an incline, car and driver move precipitously downhill. It is then the nature of the circumstances that determines outcomes, not the driver's skills or intentions. Philip Zimbardo skills people moving My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college. Philip Zimbardo ghetto college school Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively past-, present- or future-oriented. Philip Zimbardo powerful time past For years I've been interested in a fundamental question concerning what I call the psychology of evil: Why is it that good people do evil deeds? I've been interested in that question since I was a little kid. Growing up in the ghetto in the South Bronx, I had lots of friends who I thought were good kids, but for one reason or another they ended up in serious trouble. They went to jail, they took drugs, or they did terrible things to other people. My whole upbringing was focused on trying to understand what could have made them go wrong. Philip Zimbardo ghetto growing-up kids Academic success depends on research and publications. Philip Zimbardo congratulations research success Before I knew that a man could kill a man, because it happens all the time. Now I know that even the person with whom you've shared food, or whom you've slept, even he can kill you with no trouble. The closest neighbor can kill you with his teeth: that is what I have Learned since the genocide, and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world. Philip Zimbardo teeth eye men There are no limits to what I would do to make my classes exciting, interesting, unpredictable. Philip Zimbardo limits class interesting Bullying is an evil because it not only destroys the life of the kid who's bullied, but also makes everyone in the class who knows this is going on feel guilty for not doing anything. Philip Zimbardo bullying class kids Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared if you can't be loved. Philip Zimbardo bully shy people The line between good and evil is movable and it's permeable. Philip Zimbardo good-and-evil lines evil Most of us fail to appreciate the extent to which our behavior is under situational control, because we prefer to believe that is all is internally generated. We wander around cloaked in an illusion of vulnerability, mis-armed with an arrogance of free will and rationality. Philip Zimbardo appreciate arrogance believe It was God who created hell as a place to store evil. He didn't do a good job of keeping it there though. Philip Zimbardo hell evil jobs Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can kill you. Philip Zimbardo sticks names stones Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate and control members lives. No group with high ideals starts off as a cult; they become one when their errant ways are exposed. Philip Zimbardo boards leader way Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent. Philip Zimbardo thoughtful groups creative Societal expectations matter little; personal expectations matter tremendously. Philip Zimbardo expectations matter littles Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore us, praise us or punish us. Some people make us timid and shy; others elicit our sex appeal and dominance. In some groups we are made leaders, while in others we are reduced to being followers. We come to live up to or down to the expectations others have of us. Philip Zimbardo expectations sex people
