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Theoretical Perspectives on Evil

Theoretical Perspectives on Evil. Mette Morell Nørre gym 2012. Central Experiments and Selected Theories. Milgram - Obidience Zimbardo – Role and Behavior Asch – Conformity Sherif – Robber’s Cave Jane Elliott – A Class Divided Bandura – Cognitive Restructuring

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Theoretical Perspectives on Evil

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  1. Theoretical Perspectives on Evil MetteMorell Nørre gym 2012

  2. Central Experiments and Selected Theories Milgram - Obidience Zimbardo – Role and Behavior Asch – Conformity Sherif – Robber’s Cave Jane Elliott – A Class Divided Bandura – Cognitive Restructuring Schema Theory and Stereotyping Harris and Fiske – Dehumanisation Theory

  3. Background and methodology: Milgram Proposes a discussion of whether you can in fact ‘quantify evil’ Ethical concerns Responsibility Agentic State Authorities Experimental psychology – variables – ecological validity Quantitative versus Qualitative data Deceit and Debriefing of subjects – how are they today?

  4. Background and methodology: Zimbardo The importance of the role on behavior Depersonalization, dehumanization, deindividualization Who/what is responsible? The bad apples? The bad barrels? The barrelmakers? Evil as threefold: Dispositional, Situational, Systemic http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html

  5. Background and methodology: Asch and Elliot • Using children as participants – ethical concerns • Conformity – when do you conform to social norms? • Peer Pressure? • Conformity types? • Normative? • Informative?

  6. Discussing Schema Theory and Stereotyping • Possible focus on Nazism and Holocaust • Eugenics • Use examples of Der Ewige Jude • Propaganda/Indoctrination • Discussion of the process of stereotyping • Categorization • Stereotyping • Illusory Correlations • Discrimination

  7. Evil in Society Today? Perspectives Bullying Discrimination Psychopathy Crime Violence Minorities Other Areas of Psychology Developmental Psychology Biological Psychology Abnormal Psychology Case Studies Forensic Psychology

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