Reply #28: Rock On! I see the world through the frame of psychology - [View All]

[IndyOp]

it certainly isn't the only useful perspective, but it is mine.

I am waist-deep teaching the social psychology section in my Intro Psych class. Looking at the capacity for human evil revealed by Milgam's Obedience Study and Zimbardo's Stanford Prison study stuns me every time I cover the material. Tomorrow in class I will show a snippet from "Blind Spot" in which Adolf Hitler's secretary (in an interview in 2001) talks about how Hitler manipulated the consciences of the German people - death camp guards said they felt pity for the inmates, but that they had to shake that off and do what was necessary to protect their country, their family.

On edit: Spelling. I need to go back and review my 4th grade spelling book!