At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia...

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.

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.

Heroism is the antidote to evil.

Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.'

After doing psychology for half a century, my passion for all of it is greater than ever.

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.