You Can’t Be a Sweet Cucumber in a Vinegar Barrel
Zimbardo presents a large piece of information about the situations and factors causing people behave violently and the relation between the knowledge of such factors and the ability to judge the Abu Ghraib scandal adequately. The author tries to investigate the causes of evil behavior of some people and attempts to determine whether the initial characteristics of a person make his/her behave in an unacceptable way, or certain conditions, including abuse and evil actions directed to the person, cause him/her become aggressive and do evil deeds. The professor states that it is rather “bad barrels” that make the “apples” behave violently (Zimbardo par. 3). Therefore, the psychologist emphasizes
Zimbardo presents a large piece of information about the situations and factors causing people behave violently and the relation between the knowledge of such factors and the ability to judge the Abu Ghraib scandal adequately. The author tries to investigate the causes of evil behavior of some people and attempts to determine whether the initial characteristics of a person make his/her behave in an unacceptable way, or certain conditions, including abuse and evil actions directed to the person, cause him/her become aggressive and do evil deeds. The professor states that it is rather “bad barrels” that make the “apples” behave violently (Zimbardo par. 3). Therefore, the psychologist emphasizes