一批彼此并不相识的年轻人——身心健康、情绪稳定的大学生，走进了“斯坦福监狱”。他们并没有犯罪，只是受募到“监狱”——斯坦福大学的一个精心布置的地下室，接受一项试验。大学生们被随机地分为“狱卒”和“犯人”，然后开始了为期两周的试验。然而，试验仅仅进行了一周，原本单纯的大学生，已变成了残暴的狱卒和崩溃的犯人，试验不得不终止了。受试者强烈感受到角色规范的影响，使作者得以深度剖析复杂的人性，透析“情境力量”对个人行为的影响，并分析造成监狱虐囚和种族屠杀的情境影响。日常生活中的种种社会角色剧本的规范与约束，会不会使我们像上帝最钟爱的天使路西法那样不知不觉中对他人做出难以置信的事，从而堕落成为魔鬼？我们如何抗拒情境影响力？作为心理学教授的作者也对此进行了研究，并做出了极有说服力的分析。

在过去的2500年中，人类渴望揭开广大、幽渺的思维世界的面纱。 人性恶？人性善？思想来自何方？人类拥有自由意识吗？凡此种种，都是要类希望了解的。作者所著的《心理学的故事》讲述了一个个引人入胜的故事。故事的主人公们都是思想领域中的探索者苏格拉底、柏拉图、笛卡尔、皮亚杰、斯金纳…… 他们在的孤独的修行者、耽于声色犬马者、狂热的神秘主义以及理智的唯实论者，他们认为人类可以检视、理解，这一点最终指导或控制了他们的思想进程、情绪和行为结果，使他们成了另一类人――心理分析者。 本书不是注重人物的个人经历，而是通过描述使者能迅速理解心理研究的手法和正确的理论以及作为心理学主要的构成部分的心理治疗的方法和功效。 在这个心理学日益被广泛关注的时代，《心理学的故事》作为一部及时的、重要的、引人入胜的心理学著作，力图准确地解释人们心中的疑问――人类行为的真正起因到底是什么？

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