Philip Zimbardo

Psychologist

Birthday March 23, 1933

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace New York

Age 91 years old

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About

Psychologist and Stanford University professor who gained fame in the science community for his Stanford prison experiment. This experiment proved that abusive behavior in prison was not caused by inherent personality traits of prisoners and guards but by situational conditions.

Before Fame

He earned a Ph.D. from Yale University after graduating summa cum ladue from Brooklyn College in 1954.

Trivia

He wrote the book The Lucifer Effect to discuss how good people do evil things.

Family Life

He was in a longtime relationship with Christina Maslach.

Associated With

He and Paul Erlich both became professors at Stanford University.