Philip Zimbardo on The Daily Show

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo recently appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about his new book The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. The book discusses Zimbardo's famed 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment and connects the study to current events, including prison abuses in Abu Ghraib. Be sure to check out this video clip of Zimbardo's appearance.

If you want to hear more about one of psychology's most famous experiments, you can also listen to Christopher Lydon’s Open Source interview with Zimbardo.