Jekyll & Hyde Connections
In the story, Dr. Jekyll uses this to transform into Mr. Hyde.
What is a chemical?
Zimbardo was a psychology professor at this university.
What is Stanford University?
Stanley Milgram’s experiment tested obedience to this type of figure.
What is an authority figure?
Soldiers at this prison were cited as examples of situational influence on behavior.
What is Abu Ghraib?
To change one’s moral standards to fit harmful actions is to engage in this.
What is moral disengagement?
Zimbardo compared real-world moral transformations to this famous fictional split personality.
Who is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Zimbardo argued that these forces dominate most of us at times in our lives.
What are situational forces?
In Milgram’s study, participants believed they were administering these to others.
What are electric shocks?
According to Zimbardo, people often justify harmful acts through this process.
What is moral disengagement?
To treat others as less than human is to do this.
What is dehumanize them?
Zimbardo argued that instead of chemicals, these can change people’s behavior.
What are social situations?
This term describes how people lose their individuality and sense of responsibility in groups.
What is deindividuation?
Albert Bandura’s experiment showed that labeling others as “animals” led participants to do this more often.
What is deliver stronger shocks (increase aggression)?
People feel freer to act aggressively when they have this kind of hidden identity.
What is anonymity?
When people conform to a group’s behavior, they show this psychological process.
What is group conformity?
According to Zimbardo, this line between good and evil is “permeable.”
What is human morality (or the boundary between good and evil)?
Zimbardo compared being influenced by situations to crossing this type of moral boundary.
What is the line between good and evil?
John Watson studied 23 cultures and found that warriors who wore these were more destructive.
What are masks or war paint?
These conditions at Abu Ghraib — including stress, fear, and lack of supervision — contributed to soldiers’ actions.
What are situational factors (or environment conditions)?
The “vague and ever-changing rules” Zimbardo described encourage people to ignore this.
What is personal accountability or moral judgment?
Zimbardo’s main argument suggests that ordinary people can become “evil” due to this type of influence.
What is situational influence?
Zimbardo’s role in the Abu Ghraib trials was as this kind of witness.
What is an expert witness?
Zimbardo’s own experiment in 1971 demonstrated the effects of institutional forces and role-playing.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Zimbardo said that we all believe we are this kind of rare person who can resist situational pressures.
What is a hero?
Zimbardo warned that labeling, authority, and lack of accountability can all “seduce” people into this.
What is evil?