Ep. 0129: The Psychology of Power & Obedience with Jim Cunagin
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On this episode of the Dangerous History Podcast, CJ talks with Dr. Jim Cunagin, a practicing psychiatrist, about the psychology of power and obedience and some of the experiments that can help us understand these phenomena.
Join CJ & Jim as they discuss:
- Stanley Milgram’s experiments
- Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment
- The conformity experiments of Solomon Asch
- The Bystander Effect (or ‘Kitty Genovese Effect’)
- Jane Elliot’s Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment
- The lessons and meaning of these experiments when it comes to understanding power,
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(image ‘Stand Out From the Crowd’ courtesy Renjith Krishnan at freedigitalphotos.net)
External Links
- Jim’s recent appearance on Nick Hazleton’s Anarcho-Yakitalim podcast to discuss Stanley Milgram’s experiments
- The Stanford Prison Experiment
- The Milgram experiment
- The Asch conformity experiments
- The Bystander Effect
- Jane Elliot’s experiment
- Michael Huemer’s presentation “The Psychology of Authority” from Porcfest X
- Philip Zombardo’s Ted Talk, “The Psychology of Evil”
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