The Secret Powers of Time*

Philip Zimbardo

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg&feature=related

Summary

This movie is about time and the formative influences on our lives. Philip Zimbardo

explains how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and

relationships with people. Time shapes us and how we act in the world.

Who is Philip Zimbardo?*He was born on 23 of March in 1933

*American psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University

*in 1971 he executed Stanford Prison Experiment-SPE

*author a lot o books for example „Psychology and life” and

„Shyness: What it is, What to do about it„

*Clinic founder of shyness in Paolo Alot

*since 2002 - American Psychological Association

comprehension questions/ vocabulary

*Who is chosen by God, according to the author?

*Why do young men spend so much time playing video games?

*Social psychologist –Robert Levine wrote a book about the pace of life. Explain.

Discussion

*Why is the future important and why should you put your trust in the future?

*What does it means: ,,life begins after the death of the mortal body” ?

*Which polical movement is in Italy and what is it doing? It’s good or bad?

*How is your pace of life/people around you?

*Why the children in America drop out of school? What’s the problem?

*Teenager know about the future consequences (sex, pregnancy etc) so why they don’t feed back

to change behaviour?

*What would you do if a week had 8 days?

*How did family behaviour look 20 years ago and how is now? What are you

thinking about?*Do you believe that a lot of things we

can disentangle using time perspective?