ZIMBARDO LONDON 2016

Emmanuel Centre, Marsham Street SW1P 3DW

The same programme will be repeated on four dates:

Monday 21 March * Tuesday 22 March

Wednesday 23 March * Thursday 24 March

10.30 am – 4 pm

Professor  Christina  Maslach,  Professor  of  Psychology  and    President  of  the  Faculty  Senate  at  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley  The  Reluctant  Heroine  who  Terminated  the  SPE  and  how  this  led  to  research  on  burnout  

 Dr  Philip  Zimbardo  is  a  Professor  Emeritus  at  Stanford  University.  He  has  been  described  as  ‘a  legendary  teacher’,  someone  with  a  gift  of  enthralling  his  audience  and  packing  a  powerful  message.  

MY  JOURNEY  FROM  CREATING  EVIL  TO  INSPIRING  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.  Finally,  Zimbardo  invites  us  all  of  us  to  become  HIPSTERS—part  of  his  new  Heroic  Imagination  Project.  

 

Dr  Mark  Griffiths  is  Director  of  the  International  Gaming  Research  Unit  at  Nottingham  Trent  University  (UK).  He  has  published  over  1500  papers  and  articles  on  behavioural  addictions,  and  has  14  awards  for  his  research.  THE  PSYCHOLOGY  OF  BEHAVIOURAL  ADDICTION  For  many  people  the  concept  of  addiction  involves  taking  of  drugs.  However,  there  is  a  growing  movement  that  views  a  number  of  behaviours  as  potentially  addictive  including  gambling,  sex,  exercise,  videogame  playing  and  Internet  use.  In  this  talk  Dr  Griffiths  will  argue  that  all  addictions  consist  of  a  number  of  distinct  common  components.  Addictions  are  a  part  of  a  biopsychosocial  process  and  evidence  is  growing  that  excessive  behaviours  of  all  types  do  seem  to  have  many  commonalities.  

 Phil  Banyard  Reader  in  Psychology,  Nottingham  Trent  University,  former  Chief  Examiner  OCR.    WHO  AM  I?    It  is  perhaps  the  biggest  question  for  all  of  us.  Who  am  I  and  how  did  I  come  to  be  like  this?  Am  I  just  a  pile  of  genes,  or  am  I  a  biological  computer  or  have  I  been  created  by  my  life  experiences?  This  talk  will  look  at  some  of  the  approaches  that  psychologists  take  to  try  and  answer  this  question.  

 Cara  Flanagan,  Widely  published  author  of  A  level  Psychology  books. VALIDITY  AND  ECOLOGICAL  VALIDITY    Students  love  it,  examiners  loathe  it  -­‐  the  ecological  validity  criticism.  In  this  talk  Cara  will  explore  the  intricacies  of  the  concept  of  validity,  and  a  bit  of  reliability  too.  

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