In the 1960s and 1970s, classic social psychological studies were conducted that provided evidence that even normal, decent people can engage in acts of extreme cruelty when instructed to do so by ...
It seems as though every academic psychologist is suddenly becoming an expert on the psychology of disease. My colleagues are all writing grants and collecting data examining how the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. We are sometimes willing to accept whatever generative AI ...
Deacons go through the laying-on of hands ritual during an ordination Mass on April 25, 2021, in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, during which the pope ordained nine priests for his diocese as ...
Obedience dynamics concern the conditions under which individuals comply with authority figures, even when directives conflict with personal morals. Grounded in the landmark Milgram experiments, this ...
In the 1960s and 1970s, classic social psychological studies were conducted that provided evidence that even normal, decent people can engage in acts of extreme cruelty when instructed to do so by ...