One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.
Philip ZimbardoThe level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.
Philip ZimbardoThe Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.
Philip ZimbardoMajority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information more mindfully. 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