Philip Larkin

Self-knowledge is defined as the understanding of oneself or one’s own motives or characters. In the tragedy of King Lear, death is a common factor as is most tragedies written by Shakespeare. Throughout King Lear, many of the characters lacked self-knowledge when the play began. Due to the circumstances at large, many of the characters in the play either began to change for the chance of surviving, such like Edgar. Other characters like Lear began to change, but some characters remained “true…

question. However, many people believe that if an individual is evil that person is evil throughout his/her lifetime and if he/she is good that individual is going to be evil throughout his/her lifetime. But that is not the case from what Psychologist Philip Zimbardo, a previous president of the American Psychological Association and professor who teaches psychology at Stanford University, had believed (TED, 1984). Psychologist Zimbardo believed that people could still change when face either a…

History textbooks, history classes, and even news broadcasts about historical events, are often one dimensional. These historical resources fall into the trap of only documenting the realities of various historical events. The Civil Rights Movement, specifically, is a casualty of this narrow account of history. But, the Civil Rights Movement and other historical events are not the lone victims of this parochialism. The reader, the student, and the news audience also become underinformed.…

types of people, the good guys, and the bad guys. Both groups are believed to be born with specific characteristics that make them who they are or defines the way they behave and that whoever is in one category stays there no matter what. However, Dr. Philip Zimbardo didn’t believe so. And accordingly, he conducted an experiment to test the hypothesis that states; if a normal, healthy and stable minded man was given too much power would turn into a ruthless oppressor. I will be giving a closer…

Alexander Hamilton - An overall summary of Alexander’s life and how he overcame many struggles throughout his life, leading up to his voyage to New York in search of education. Aaron Burr, Sir - As he is attending college, Alexander hears about a man named Aaron Burr, a scholar known for graduating early among his class. Alexander learns about Aaron Burr’s success and seeks an accelerated course of study, so he can graduate within 2 years rather than 4 and join the revolution. In 1776, after…

The Stanford Prison Experiment (August 1971) was conducted by Philip Zimbardo and his peers at Stanford University to investigate the effects of 24 physically and mentally healthy male college students becoming guards or prisoners. One of the key elements present throughout the experiment was deindividuation, the loss of one’s sense of individuality. In deindividuation, the social identity consumes an individual completely in order for group norms to be maximally accessible. The central…

The social experiment that Devah Pager conducted in Milwaukee revealed the ways in which stigmas and labels can affect certain individuals. Pager’s field experiment was conducted as follows: a group of young college men posing as high school graduates with limited work experience were asked to submit job applications. There were four main groups: white with a criminal background, black with a criminal background, white with no criminal background, black with no criminal background. Men with…

TYRANNY is motivated by love, not obedience For years, researchers tried to name the factors that lead people to commit cruel acts. Probably the most famous example of such attempt was a study done by Stanley Milgram, who concluded that almost any person could commit a tyranny if given an order to do so. This has been a standard view on tyranny for almost over 50 years. However, new evidence shows that there is an alternative explanation for Milgram’s findings. According to professor Haslam from…

When it comes to the Abu Ghraib prison and the Stanford Prison Experiment the competing valued were at stake. For the Stanford prison experiment it was based on a study that was conducted to determine psychology of imprisonment. This experience was a simulation experiment that was carried out at the Stanford University. During the experiment it was ended after 6 days instead of the 14 days because the students weren't able to bear the simulated prison life. During the experience the…

An Unexpected Change The premise of the Stanford Prison was to determine the relationships between guards and prisoners. These conditions were situational and the researchers wanted to study the variables on human behaviors in a prison environment. As many have concluded, the experiment did not go as anticipated, and many questions have arisen as to what went wrong and if the experiment itself was ethical. This purpose of this paper is to understand the true intent of the experiment, examine…