Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Conclusions
The experiment's result has been argued to demonstrate the impressionability and obedience of people when provided with a legitimizing id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Results
The experiment very quickly got out of hand. Prisoners suffered — and accepted — sadistic and humiliating treatment at the hands of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Comparisons To Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
The human rights abuses that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison, under the authority of the American armed forces in the aftermath of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Goals And Methods
The study was funded by the US Navy to explain conflict in its and the Marine Corps' prison systems. Zimbardo and his team intended to te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse
Beginning in 2003, there occurred numerous instances of abuse and torture of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq (aka. Baghda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - Athletics
Stanford participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and forms part of the Pacific Ten Conference. It also has membership in the Mountain Pac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - People
Stanford University - Presidents. David Starr Jordan (1891-1913) John Casper Branner (1913-1915) Ray Lyman Wilbur (1916-1943) Donald B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - History
Stanford was founded by railroad magnate and California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford. It is named in honor of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - Campus
Stanford University owns 8,180 acres (32 km²). The main campus is bounded by El Camino Real, Stanford Avenue, Junipero Serra Boulevard a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milgram Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Milgram Experiment - Method Of The Experiment
For the experiment, subjects were recruited by newspaper ads and direct mail to participate in a study at Yale. The experiments themselve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Reactions
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - Response of U.S. Government officials. U.S. President George W. Bush decried the acts and conte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - Community
Stanford has been coeducational since its founding; however, between approximately 1899 and 1933, there was a policy in place limiting fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - Institutions
Stanford University is governed by a board of trustees, in conjuction with the university president and provosts and the deans of the var...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - Academics
The schools of the University include the School of Humanities and Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Earth Sciences, School of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford University: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford University - Arts
Stanford has a thriving artistic and musical community, including theater groups such as Ram's Head, and a cappella music groups, such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milgram Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Milgram Experiment - Results
Milgram created a documentary film showing the experiment and its results, titled "Obedience", legitimate copies of which are hard to fin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milgram Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Milgram Experiment - Reactions
The experiment raised questions about the ethics of scientific experimentation itself because of the extreme emotional stress suffered by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milgram Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Milgram Experiment - Variations
Milgram describes 19 variations of the experiment that he conducted in Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View. In general, he found...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Background
See also Abu Ghraib Prison under Saddam Hussein; Abu Ghraib Prison under the U.S.-led coalition During the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Media Reporting Begins
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - 60 Minutes II broadcast and aftermath. In late April 2004, U.S. television news-magazine 60 Min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - U.s. Policy On Interrogations And Torture
Reaction from the U.S. administration characterizes the Abu Ghraib torture scandal as an isolated incident uncharacteristic of American a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Ongoing News
In September 2005, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ordered the release of new Abu Ghraib torture photos.[34] In December 2005, J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Background
See also Abu Ghraib Prison under Saddam Hussein; Abu Ghraib Prison under the U.S.-led coalition During the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Historical Interpretations
The Holocaust - Why did people participate in authorize or tacitly accept the killing?. Stanley Milgram was one of a number of post-wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings
The culture of human beings can be defined as follows: One common understanding of culture is to see it as consisting of three elements: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia - Torture
Torture is any act by which severe torment, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia - Authority
In politics, authority generally refers to the ability to make laws, independent of the power to enforce them, or the ability to permit s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia - The Holocaust
The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obedience: Encyclopedia - Obedience
Obedience is the willingness to follow the will of others. Obedience is often associated with social dominance and submission. Some anima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Authority Topics
Authority - Debate and political theory. Questions as to who has what authority often lie at the heart of political debates, and answer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Victims
The victims of the Holocaust were Jews, Polish, Russian, Communists, homosexuals, Roma (also known as gypsies), the mentally ill and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Experimentation: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Experimentation - Medical Experimentation On Unconsenting People
There has also been medical experimentation on unconsenting humans, either covertly, or under coercion. In some cases, the pretext of med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Authority Topics
Authority - Divine authority. Understanding the expectations and desires of one who is understood to be divine, infinite, and omniscie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Shawshank Redemption: Encyclopedia Ii - The Shawshank Redemption - Plot
The movie begins with Andy Dufresne being wrongly convicted, despite persistent pleas of innocence, for the murder of his wife and her lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Religion
Scientists and naturalist philosophers largely agree that humans consist of a body alone (roughly the physicalist or reductionist view); ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Historical Interpretations
As with any historical event, scholars continue to argue over what exactly happened and why. The Holocaust - Who was directly involved i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Cadets: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Cadets - Participants
French, Hassett and Jackson were chosen for the fake flight. Space Cadets - Actors. The three actor Cadets were played by Charlie Skelt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Current Legal Status Of Torture
On December 10, 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Article 5 states "No o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Social Psychological Theories
Some of the theories and topics within social psychology address issues which apply to individuals within an interaction, and some discus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Social Psychological Theories
Some of the theories and topics within social psychology address issues which apply to individuals within an interaction, and some discus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Features Of The Nazi Holocaust
There were several characteristics to the Nazi Holocaust which, taken together, distinguish it from other genocides in history. The Holo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Example Of Evolving Authority: France
As an example of the development of legal-rational authority, consider the history of France. In medieval times a king ruled simply becau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Institutional Authority
The United States Supreme Court is an example of an institution that exercises its power largely through the broad and longstanding accep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Etymology And Usage Of The Term
The word holocaust originally derived from the Greek word holokauston, meaning "a completely (holos) burnt (kaustos) sacrificial offering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Death Toll
The exact number of people killed by the Nazi regime will never be known, but scholars, using a variety of methods of determining the dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Cadets: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Cadets - 'double Hoax' Theory
As the attention to detail in the hoaxed environment became clear, some viewers expressed suspicions - in particular on Channel 4's messa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Cadets: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Cadets - Premise
The series described itself as the most elaborate hoax perpetrated in television history. A group of twelve contestants (who answered an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Cadets: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Cadets - Comedic Elements
The show contained moderate amounts of bizarre, surreal, or subversive show elements, in a manner similar to other Zeppotron-related prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Cadets: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Cadets - Location
The Space Cadets were initially assembled at Biggin Hill airfield, London, before being flown to Lydd on the south east coast of the Brit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Cadets: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Cadets - Psychological Aspect
The show consistently raised the issue of how an immersive illusion can convince average people over a period of time, especially when re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Empirical Methods And Social Philosophy
Social psychology - Methodology. Social psychology involves the empirical study of social behavior and psychological processes associat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Angles Of Research
Social psychology attempts to understand the relationship between minds, groups, and behaviors in three general ways. First, it tries to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Resistance And Rescuers
The Holocaust - Resistance. Due to the careful organization and overwhelming military might of the Nazi German state and its supporters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Perpetrators And Collaborators
The Holocaust - Who was directly involved in the killings?. A wide range of German soldiers, officials, and civilians were involved in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Aftermath
The Holocaust - Displaced Persons and the State of Israel. The Holocaust and its aftermath left millions of refugees, including many Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Impact On Culture
The Holocaust - Holocaust theology. On account of the magnitude of the Holocaust, many theologians have re-examined the classical theol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Execution Of The Holocaust
The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945. Starting in 1933, the Nazis set up concentration camps within Germany, many of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Etymology And Usage Of The Term
Main article: Names of the Holocaust The word holocaust originally derived from the Greek word holokauston, meaning "a completely (holos)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Race And Ethnicity
Some categorize themselves and others humans in terms of race or ethnicity. Racial categories are usually based on biological qualities, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Humanism
Humanism as a philosophy defines a socio-political doctrine the bounds of which are not constrained by those of locally developed culture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Example Of Evolving Authority: France
As an example of the development of legal-rational authority, consider the history of France. In medieval times a king ruled simply becau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Authority - Institutional Authority
The United States Supreme Court is an example of an institution that exercises its power largely through the broad and longstanding accep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Language
The faculty of speech may be a defining feature of humanity, probably predating phylogenetic separation of the modern population. (See Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Other Meanings Of The Word
Especially in countries where citizens can expect to be spared routine exposure to real torture, the word "torture" is used loosely (and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Use Of Torture
Recent times in the context of this article is from December 10, 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Aspects Of Torture
The use of torture has been criticized not only on humanitarian and moral grounds, but on the grounds that evidence extracted by torture ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Physical Torture Devices And Methods
It is plainly evident that, since the earliest times, tremendous ingenuity has been devoted to devising ever more effective and mechanica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Features Of The Nazi Holocaust
There were several characteristics to the Nazi Holocaust which, taken together, distinguish it from other genocides in history. The Holo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Execution Of The Holocaust
The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945. Main article: Concentration camp. See also: Nazi concentration camp badges Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Victims
The victims of the Holocaust were Jews, Polish, Russian, Communists, homosexuals, Roma (also known as gypsies), the mentally ill and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Death Toll
The exact number of people killed by the Nazi regime will never be known, but scholars, using a variety of methods of determining the dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Sp's Three Angles Of Research
Social psychology attempts to understand the relationship between minds, groups, and behaviors in three general ways. First, it tries to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Empirical Methods And Social Philosophy
Social psychology - Methodology. Social psychology involves the empirical study of social behavior and psychological processes associat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Psychology - Relation To Other Fields
Social psychology has close ties with the other social sciences, especially sociology and psychology. It also has very strong ties to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Shawshank Redemption: Encyclopedia Ii - The Shawshank Redemption - Themes
The Shawshank Redemption - Hope. A major theme of the film is hope, symbolized in the music, but contained throughout the story of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Resistance And Rescuers
The Holocaust - Resistance. Due to the careful organization and overwhelming military might of the Nazi German state and its supporters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Shawshank Redemption: Encyclopedia Ii - The Shawshank Redemption - Cast And Credits
Starring: Tim Robbins: Andy Dufresne Morgan Freeman: Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Bob Gunton: Warden Samuel Norton William Sadler: Heywood C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Aftermath
The Holocaust - Displaced Persons and the State of Israel. The Holocaust and its aftermath left millions of refugees, including many Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Impact On Culture
The Holocaust - Holocaust theology. On account of the magnitude of the Holocaust, many theologians have re-examined the classical theol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Criticism Of The Experiment
Despite its apparently dramatic effects, the experiment was widely criticized as being unethical and bordering on unscientific. Critics i...   » Read the article