I believe the correct answer is: to support the
article’s and Zimbardo’s argument regarding the influence of social conditions
on behavior.
In the article “What makes good people do bad
things?”, Melissa Dittmann purposely included John Watson’s 1974 and Dr.
Bandura’s 1975 experiments to support hers and professor’s Phillip Zimbardo’s
opinion that social conditions influence behavior. Their experiments illustrate
that people are more aggressive if they stay anonymous, but are on their best behavior
if they know that they will be punished (being called “animals”).
On May 10, 1933 there occurred across Germany a mass destruction of some of Germany's most valuable creative works. Nazi party leaders and student groups from various universities gathered to burn books which they considered to be "un-German" in spirit. The biggest bonfire was in Berlin where more than 70,000 people went to see the burning of 20,000 books by notable intellectuals, scientists and cultural figures, most of whom were Jewish. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister declared that "Jewish intellectualism is dead" and he gave his public approval for the students to "clean up the debris of the past".
William Blake was 70 when he died
During childhood, under-nutrition causes children to have less energy and less interest for learning, which negatively influences cognitive development and academic performance. ... Evidence suggests that the timing of nutritional deficiencies can also significantly affect growth and development.
