Talk:Philip Zimbardo

message: The material here needs to be included:
https://medium.com/s/trustissues/the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:D840:3430:9882:E0BA:57B5:8D8E (talk) 16:41, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Although 24 students were selected for the experiment, only 21 students actually participated (the other 3 were stand-by's, and were never used) according to Zimbardo's original report on the experiment (pdf file). "The 21 subjects who participated in the experiment were selected from an initial pool of 75 respondents...." (page 73) - Walkiped 06:49, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Prison study

message: Died October 31, 2009 Olsztyn, Poland
Where's the source?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.139.146 (talk) 04:09, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: I removed all the things about him being a porn actor and all that... (the "18-inch penis" part was funny though :)). Seigneur 20:49, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porn actor 

message: I had to remove the same sections again, within less than 12 hours. Perhaps this article should be protected??
Seigneur 05:06, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Porn actor (bis) 

message: I recently I added a line about Zimbardo being on The Daily Show under→Recent career, and someone removed it. Any reason why? 
ElizaBarrington 05:29, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As I explained in my edit summary, there's no need to document every media appearance he makes when he's on a national book tour to promote his new book. Cgingold 18:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see that, but it's a pretty major pop culture coup,....it's not the same as speaking at a local library or book store. Also he said something in the show about how being on the Daily Show is the apex of his career. May have been tongue in cheek, but maybe not. ElizaBarrington 21:29, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it was... LOL! - I'm sure he enjoyed himself immensely, but I still don't see how it merits inclusion in an encyclopedia article, unless he said something truly noteworthy that he hasn't said anywhere else. Of course, if they ever do a whole ZIMBARDO category on Jeopardy, I will have to reconsider. :) (Btw, if you check the website for the book, it lists all of his appearances; he's doing all sorts of media venues, not merely bookstores, etc.) Cgingold 02:44, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daily Show 

message: Why is the cult table on the bottom of this page?
:I don't see it there now, but I see no reason it shouldn't be, as cults conduce behavior in their followers in ways similar to what the Stanford Experiment showed. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 00:46, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cult ? 

message: Is the link to http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/current_issue/francozimbardo.html broken?  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.254.133.189 (talk) 16:11, August 20, 2007 (UTC) 
:I don't see that link there in the main article anymore, but I guess we can find it here now that you mentioned it. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 00:49, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken link? 

message: I corrected the subtitle to the picture being used in Other Endeavors. It used to display "Warsaw, Poland, 2009", but the correct info is "Berling, Germany, 2008", as I was the one that took the picture and uploaded it.
Luke poa (talk) 16:58, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: The voice of this article is not entirely passive, and one part in particular strikes me as improperly phrased and perhaps deserves omission:
"When looking at the Stanford Prison Experiment, one may find that it has a great value to the field of psychology. This is true, but what are the costs. This gave us great understanding of the values of roles that one may take when put in a certain situation. There are some ethical issues that one may find when further researching this study performed by Zimbardo and his colleagues. With some time passing by there was another study that looked at the power of roles when put in certain situations. [2]."
In addition, this article has only one citation in the section on the study itself. I think it is in need of serious attention and double-checking.
24.143.55.47 (talk) 02:17, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I really don't think that quoted section deserved removal, nor care whether it was written by high school students or not.  And I wish the other studies mentioned in the removed section were specifically included rather than just maybe referenced. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 01:01, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unprofessional Voice 

message: In 1979/80, Zimbardo ran an experiment to verify the hypothesis that paranoid ideation associated with senility can be attributed to hearing loss, and thus can be treated with hearing aids rather than antipsychotics.
This involved the posthypnotic induction of hearing loss in volunteers -- the volunteers had been told that the hypnosis would involve facilitating concentration, the ability to ignore pain, to increase concentration, etc -- and confederates who had been instructed as to how to confuse the volunteers. The research was published in Science, June 26, 1981. It also was the basis for "Research Through Deception", by Morton Hunt -- an article that was originally commissioned for the New Yorker, but instead appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 1982, and won the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Article Award (not sure of the exact bibliographic data, but it was subsequently reprinted in Best Science Writing: Readings and Insights, ed. Robert Gannon; Oryx Press, 1991 (a book I have in front of me right now)).
Is this worth mentioning in the Zimbardo article itself? DS (talk) 13:05, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Since it was published in "Science", it would seem germane. Student7 (talk) 14:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Deafness and paranoia" experiment 

message: Who the hell wrote this? Every single statement is made into a full sentence so that the whole article reads like a list. Haven't any of you people ever heard of blending two sentences together?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.193.82 (talk) 23:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, they need to contain the same idea. One plus of simple sentences is to render the material easily understood. I've noticed that no one finds fault with scattered ideas collected into a single sentence. Once organized separately, people find all sorts of legitimate errors that they had overlooked before. I like simplicity. K.I.S.S. Student7 (talk) 18:02, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terribly written 

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message: Someone who GAF should see whether this information can be integrated into the article.
Qemist (talk) 05:46, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to find reliable sources taking an interest in this matter, and avoid scandal-click outlets which don't GAF about balance. We should proactively cover this in a balanced way, or the article will be targeted by people who have read the unbalanced coverage and are outraged that the article ignores the issue. This happened today, with many edits added based on one French tabloid article. I suggest starting from Inside Higher Ed's article. Even better source is New Yorker article.There is also extensive coverage of criticism of the Stanford Prison Experiment in that Wikipedia article. HouseOfChange (talk) 12:40, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am trying to improve the SPE section (removing unnecessary duplication of SPE article) in order to integrate recent criticism in an appropriate way. HouseOfChange (talk) 15:23, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism of Stanford Prison Experiment 

message: I am moving the following material here until it can be properly supported with reliable, secondary citations, per WP:V, WP:NOR, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, et al. [ This diff] shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 21:45, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Uncited material in need of citations

message: I've been trying to help Dr Zimbardo upload the photos he owns and wants to be able to have us use for this article. Not sure how we still havent' gotten through the OTRS process, but need help. Removing the photo and not putting anything in its place seems backward. Help? What does he specifically need to submit to whom in order to resolve this finally?  DrMel (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Getting the photo right - not just removed 

message: Who has the Washington Post article about Shirley Temple being his mother? -John Potti  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.217.214 (talk) 14:49, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shirley Temple 

message: I have a Conflict of Interest that means i wont edit this article (I know Zimbardo personally) - but I would like to help improve it via he Talk Page, maintaining NPOV and collaborating with anyone else here.  
Its his 90th birthday tomorrow, and I suspect there will be even more pageviews. The opening paragraph seems like it could use improvements - I asked ChatGPT for suggestions and got these back, for your consideration (I think there may still be too many biased words, but do these read any better?)
My query to ChatGPT: Could you help me improve this paragraph - it is the introductory paragraph on wikipedia for  the biography of Philip Zimbardo, and could be better written. Can you give me a couple versions in encyclopedic phrasing, with citations?   
Here’s the current version:       
 Philip George Zimbardo (/zɪmˈbɑːrdoʊ/; born March 23, 1933) is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University.[1] He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later severely criticized for both ethical and scientific reasons. He has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project.[2]
ChatGPT’s proposed revisions: 
Version 1: Philip George Zimbardo is a highly distinguished American psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, renowned for his contributions to the field of psychology. One of his most notable works is the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which sparked significant ethical and scientific debates. Zimbardo has also authored several acclaimed textbooks on introductory psychology and written numerous other influential works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He has also been recognized for his significant contributions to social psychology and his advocacy for heroism, having founded and led the Heroic Imagination Project.
Source: [1] Stanford University, "Philip Zimbardo," accessed March 22, 2023, https://profiles.stanford.edu/philip-zimbardo. [2] Heroic Imagination Project, "About Dr. Philip Zimbardo," accessed March 22, 2023, https://www.heroicimagination.org/about/philip-zimbardo/.
Version 2: Philip George Zimbardo is an American psychologist, a professor emeritus at Stanford University, and a highly acclaimed figure in the field of psychology. His groundbreaking 1971 Stanford prison experiment remains a significant milestone in the history of social psychology, despite its controversy and criticism. In addition to his pioneering research, Zimbardo has authored several influential textbooks on introductory psychology and written numerous other noteworthy works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting heroism and leadership among individuals and communities.
Source: [1] Stanford University, "Philip Zimbardo," accessed March 22, 2023, https://profiles.stanford.edu/philip-zimbardo. [2] Heroic Imagination Project, "About Dr. Philip Zimbardo," accessed March 22, 2023, https://www.heroicimagination.org/about/philip-zimbardo/.
Reactions? Anyone else here now experimenting with ChatGPT as a writing tool? DrMel (talk) 19:18, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any way to improve the opening paragraph and remove the “Citations needed” tag?