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    September 17th, 2008CaraConferences

    This conference offers a unique opportunity to hear one of the legends in psychology Dr Philip Zimbardo, who will talk about his latest project and also answer students’ questions.

    Date   Thursday 2nd April 2009
    Time  10.45 am - 4 pm
    Cost   £20 (inc VAT) per student plus 1 free teacher place for every 10 students
    Venue Assembly Hall, Mound Place. Edinburgh

    To book places   Send the following details by email or post:

    ♦ Date of conference
    ♦ Your name, school’s name and full postal address, and contact telephone number.
    ♦ Number of tickets required (students plus free teacher tickets)
    ♦ Purchase order no. for invoice (if required). I will provide an invoice to print out for payment.
      
    Email to cara.flanagan@btopenworld.com
    Or use the conference booking form
    Post to Southwest Conferences, East Gilgo, Migdale, Bonar Bridge, Sutherland IV24 3AR
    Note that no deposits will be taken.

    In addition to Professor Zimbardo the programme includes his wife, Christina Maslach, and two leading Psychology authors who will address topics of general interest to all students.

    • Christina Maslach  will talk on The Reluctant Heroine who Terminated the SPE
    • Phil Banyard, former Chief examiner OCR, senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, will talk on Key studies in Psychology - What happened next?
    • Mike Cardwell, former Chief examiner AQA A, senior lecturer at Bath Spa University, will talk on The Psychology of Peace
    Dr Zimbardo will talk on The journey from  evil to heroism
    Dr. Zimbardo will share his views on the nature of evil, revisit the Milgram Obedience studies, his Stanford Prison Experiment, take us to the torture dungeon at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib, and describe why it is essential to understand not only individual temperament, but also situational forces, and powerful system influences that create, justify and maintain, evil-generating situations. Finally, we go from examining how ordinary people do very bad things to how other ordinary people do very good things that qualify as Heroic. We uncover a new perspective on Ordinary Heroes, and why we need to encourage everyone to become Heroes-In-Waiting ready to act on behalf of others or a moral cause when the situation arises.

     

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  2. [...] thesis on tytanny - if you’re in the North - Cara Flanagan is organising another Zimbardo Conference in Edinburgh.  Dr. Zimbardo will share his views on the nature of evil, revisit the Milgram Obedience studies, [...]

  3. I am soo very exctied for this lecture. I love Zimbardo, his thesis, and his work!

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