Persistent dispositionalism in interactionist clothing: Fundamental attribution error in explaining prison abuse

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-814

  Haney, Craig ^a   Zimbardo, Philip G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispositionalism; Fundamental attribution error; Prison abuse; Stanford Prison Experiment

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTHORITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POLICY; POLITICS; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; STEREOTYPY; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITARIANISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY; POLITICS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC POLICY; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549091918     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208322864     Document Type: Article

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