We all like to think that the line between good and evil is impermeable--that people who do terrible things, such as commit murder, treason, or kidna….

Most of us fail to appreciate the extent to which our behavior is under situational control, because we prefer to believe that is all is internally g….

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time ….

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed..

If you want to change a person, you've got to change the situation..

Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse..

Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being exclusively ….

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The situation is the external environment. The inner environment is genes….

At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away.….

When I look back on it, I think, "Why didn't you stop the cruelty earlier?" To stand back was contrary to my upbringing and nature. When I stood back….

In one sense, the Stanford prison study is more like a Greek drama than a traditional experiment, in that we have humanity, represented by a bunch of….

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in ….

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can kill you..

The line between good and evil is movable and it's permeable..

Academic success depends on research and publications..

While no one can change events that occurred in the past, everyone can change attitudes and beliefs about them..

Heroism is the antidote to evil..

The greatest gift that you can give to others and to yourself is time. Embrace the gift of time whether you give it or receive it..

The most dramatic instances of directed behavior change and "mind control" are not the consequence of exotic forms of influence, such as hypnosis, ps….

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us..

You are not the same person working alone as you are in a group; in a romantic setting versus an educational one; when you are with close friends or ….