caused the change for you?
2. Do you believe that you are free of prejudice? After
reading this chapter, which of the many factors that cause prejudice do you
think is most important to change?
3. How do Milgram’s results – particularly the finding that
the remoteness of the victim affected obedience – relate to some aspects of
modern warfare?
4. What are some of the similarities between Zimbardo’s
prison study and the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq?
5. Have you ever done something in a group that you would
not have done if you were alone? What happened? How did you feel? What have you
learned from this chapter that might help you avoid this behavior in the
future?
6. Can you think of situations when the egotistic model of
altruism seems most likely correct? What about the empathy-altruism hypothesis?
