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The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment has long been considered a window into the horrors ordinary people can inflict on one another, but new interviews with participants and reconsideration of archival records shed more light on the findings.

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In the summer of 1971, Stanford professor of psychology Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment to determine if cruelty amongst people of authority was because of the position or the people. 

Twenty-four men were selected and randomly assigned roles of guard or prisoner. 

The results were shocking and are still being debated over 50 years later. 

Learn more about the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most controversial experiments ever conducted.

In the summer of 1971, Stanford professor of psychology Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment to determine if cruelty amongst people of authority was because of the position or the people. Twenty-four men were selected and randomly assigned roles of guard or prisoner. The results were shocking and are still being debated over 50 years later. Learn more about the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most controversial experiments ever conducted.

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Former participants reveal shocking secrets in the National Geographic documentary series The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth.

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"The Experiment" movie still, 2010. Adrien Brody as Travis. PLOT: An unemployed anti-war protestor (Brody) enrolls in a psychological role-playing experiment, where participants assume the identities of inmates and prison guards in an empty jail, with the promise of a $1,000-a-day reward. Based on the real life events of the Stanford Prison Experiment.

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You probably know by now that two films have just been released about famous psychological experiments — The Milgram Experiment and The Stanford Prison Experiment. I think most IB Theory of K…

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The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study conducted to investigate how people would conform to the roles of guards and prisoners in simulated prison life exercise. People hired for this experiment quickly began to conform to their roles, completely adopting the associated behaviours that come with being a guard and prisoner. The conformity became so intense that "guards" and "prisoners" were dangerously out of control by their so called "roles". This is a form of identification…

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The Stanford Prison Experiment What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense psychological thriller based on the notorious true story Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo who in 1971 cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists…

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