1. The Psychology of Evil
How far will people go?

2. The Purpose of this Unit is to Answer the Following Questions:
The Psychology of Evil
The Purpose of this Unit is
to Answer the Following Questions:
Are People Evil By Nature?
To What Lengths Will Humans Go to Inflict Pain on Other Human Beings?
Do We Learn Good and Evil?

3. Stanley Milgram - Obedience Study
The Psychology of Evil
We are Going to Study Three Major Social- Psychological Studies that Examine those Questions:
Stanley Milgram - Obedience Study
Phillip Zimbardo – Stanford Prison Experiment
Bobo Doll Study

4. The Psychology of Evil

5. Are Germans Different?
Stanley Milgram was initially worried about the Holocaust.
His research goal was to prove “Germans are different” hypothesis
Stanley Milgram was a social psychologist at Yale in 1960.

6. Germans are different” hypothesis
The hypothesis was used by historians to explain the systematic destruction of the Jews during WWII
Milgram wanted to test whether Germans have a basic character flaw – a readiness to obey authority without question, no matter what the authority commands.

7. Milgram’s research into obedience
Milgram developed a laboratory experiment which provided a way to measure obedience.
His decision to study obedience was tempered by his own Jewish cultural background.
His plan was to test the hypothesis on the population of New Haven on Americans and then go to Germany and test the German population.

8. Milgram’s experiment design
Milgram recruited participants using a newspaper advert (he did 17 experiments using 40 males between and 1 experiment using 40 females between 20-50)

9. Milgram’s experiment set-up

10. Milgram’s Experiment

11. Your Experiment
Over the course of the next three days, you are going to observe human behavior and try to determine the motives behind evil actions. You will record actions that you believe are evil. This can include things you see in school, during afterschool activities on television or other media.
You are required to submit a minimum of three (3) actions.
Due on Day 4 of Unit

12. Milgram’s result
65% of Milgram’s participants delivered the full (and fatal) 450 volt shock.
Even though the learner gave out screams at 285 volts, a refusal to answer at 315 volts and only ominous silence after that.
No real shocks were given in the experiment except for the 45v example shock given to the teacher

13. Milgram’s result
So why did the participants obey? Most participants (teachers) groaned, protested, fidgeted, argued and in some cases, were seized by fits of nerves. Many looked to the experimenter for guidance but he would only reply with: “You have no option, you must go on”.

14. Milgram Experiment Complete Your 3-2-1 Assessment Form
What Three things did I learn today?
What Two things made me feel uncomfortable or nervous?
What One thing do I want to know more about?

15. The Psychology of Evil Day 2
The Purpose of this Unit is
to Answer the following Questions:
Are People Evil By Nature?
To What Lengths Will Humans Go to Inflict Pain on Other Human Beings?
Do We Learn Good and Evil?

16. Killing in the name of…. Gas ovens at Auschwitz (6 million Jews)
Rwandan genocide
Vietcong deaths

17. Milgram Review
65% of Milgram’s participants delivered the full (and fatal) 450 volt shock.
Even though the learner gave out screams at 285 volts, a refusal to answer at 315 volts and only ominous silence after that.

18. Could it Happen Today?

19. Stanford Prison Experiment
Dr. Phillip Zimbardo was a social- psychologist at Stanford University in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He conducted a number of psychological experiments on the motivations of people and groups.
His most famous study is the Stanford Prison Study.

20. Stanford Prison Experiment
What is the backdrop of the 1960s and early 1970s?

21. Stanford Prison Experiment
Study Design:
24 male college students were hired to participate (12 became guards, 12 became prisoners)
Study was funded in part by the US Navy and Marine Corps
Zimbardo was testing to see if inherent personality traits would cause guards and prisoners to act in certain ways.

22. Stanford Prison Experiment

23. Stanford Prison Experiment
Several similar studies have had slightly different conclusions but most suggest that people can assume the role of leader and direct evil if given the opportunity.
Was the Experiment Ethical?
Reminder:
Good and Evil Eyewitness Forms are due tomorrow

24. Zimbardo Experiment Complete Your 3-2-1 Assessment Form
What Three things did I learn today?
What Two things made me feel uncomfortable or nervous?
What One thing do I want to know more about?
Reminder: Eyewitness Forms due tomorrow

25. The Psychology of Evil Day 3
The Purpose of this Unit is
to Answer the Following Questions:
Are People Evil By Nature?
To What Lengths Will Humans Go to Inflict Pain on Other Human Beings?
Do We Learn Good and Evil?

26. Bobo doll experiment
Albert Bandura was a social psychologist who studied children’s behavior after adult modeling. Studies were completed in 1961 and 1963 This experiment demonstrated that people not only learn by being rewarded or punished itself, they can learn from watching somebody being rewarded or punished, too (observational learning). .

27. Bobo doll experiment
What is a BOBO doll?

28. Bobo doll experiment Experiment Design:
Students were divided into a control group and a study group.
Some of the students observed an adult come into the room and treat the BOBO doll in a mean angry fashion.
Children were observed to see if they assumed some of the adult’s modeled behavior.

29. Bobo doll experiment

30. Bobo doll experiment Experiment Design, Continued:
Children who saw the aggressive behavior modeled, were much more likely to display the same aggressive behavior
Children who saw aggressive behavior invented new ways to act aggressively.

31. Bobo doll experiment
Bandura’s work is linked with the social learning theory in psychology and behaviorism in teaching.
Social learning theory states that learning takes place in a social context and can occur purely through observation or direct instruction.
Does a violent media cause a violent society?

32. Five Facts and an Opinion
In one to one and a half pages (typed, double-spaced), provide five facts that you learned about these psychological studies. These can include statements about:
Who conducted them and what was the methodology?
What was the social back drop of the study? What was going on in society to have caused the psychologists to want to study it?
Finally, state your opinion on:
Were these studies were important?
Were they ethical?
Do you agree with the conclusions?
Justify your answer. Due tomorrow, by end of day

33. Five Facts and an Opinion
Name
Psychology – Hour ___
Five Facts and an Opinion Assignment
Fact #1.
Fact #2.
Fact #3.
Fact #4.
Fact #5.
Opinion: People aren’t as evil as Milgram believed. (Grohol, 2013)…
Works Cited
Grohol, D. J. (2013, October 01). Psychology Central. Psychology Secrets:
You will be given time in class tomorrow to complete the assignment. You Must provide one outside source on the facts and you must include a works cited section. Due tomorrow, by end of day

34. Five Facts and an Opinion
Computer Lab Work Day 5 Facts and an Opinion Due today, by end of day

35. The Psychology of Evil Day 5
The Purpose of this Unit is
to Answer the Following Questions:
Are People Evil By Nature?
To What Lengths Will Humans Go to Inflict Pain on Other Human Beings?
Do We Learn Good and Evil?

36. The Psychology of Evil
Log in to Enter the student section Enter room 402mora Using the Evil Eyewitness Forms, we are going to determine if the reported action was evil.

37. Is it a relative term or is it easily defined.
The Psychology of Evil
How do you define evil?
Is it a relative term or is it easily defined.
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”
Albert Einstein

38. Individually: Create a Dictionary Definition of EVIL
The Psychology of Evil
Individually: Create a Dictionary Definition of EVIL
With a partner, compare the definitions and combine them into a single definition.
As a group work on a consensus definition of the word EVIL. Once the group is done, write it on the board for all to see.