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I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?
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Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy because they thought I looked Jewish.
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The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.
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The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
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One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.
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