Psychology Induction:

Have a look at the picture on the left. What do you see? What did you see first? What did you see first? Angels? What did you see first? Or Devils? What did you see first? Or Devils? Task 1:

Write a definition for ‘Evil’. What does evil mean to you? Task 1:

Write a definition for ‘Evil’. What does evil mean to you?

Philip Zimbardo defines evil as ‘exercising power to intentionally harm (psychologically), hurt (physically), destroy, or commit crimes against humanity’. Abu Ghraib

During the time of the war (specifically 2003-2004), US Military personnel committed crimes of rape, , , and murder against the prisoners at Abu Ghraib . Additionally, reported in 2005, further cases of abuse including; • Urinating on detainees • Jumping on a detainees already injured leg, so forcefully that it was unable to heal properly afterwards • Pouring phosphoric acid on detainees • Typing rope to detainees legs and dragging them across the floor. Eleven US soldiers were convicted of crimes relating to the Abu Ghraib scandal.

Charles Graner served just 6 ½ years of a 10 year sentence for the role he played in Abu Ghraib.

Could it be argued that it was the situation that caused the US army to act in such a way, or do you think it was a personality trait of the soldiers involved? What about…

Group 1: Group 2: MILGRAM ZIMBARDO AIMS: AIMS:

PROCEDURE: PROCEDURE:

RESULTS: RESULTS:

CONCLUSION: CONCLUSION: Milgram (1963) Obedience Experiments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMGSopdYynw The Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo, 1971)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpcXvva-BOw

ETHICS

What do we mean by ethics? Informed Consent Deception

Debriefing ETHICS Protection from harm

Including: right to withdraw Confidentiality WORK TOGETHER: How ethical or unethical were the studies of Milgram and Zimbardo? Would the studies be allowed today under these ethical guidelines? Discuss whether the obedience and conformity studies by Phillip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram were justified. Consider ethical issues and conclusions drawn from the studies.

The first topic you will study in September is SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, which includes obedience & conformity.

This research will put you in a really good position to get started in September.