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The Stanford Prison Experiment

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In 1971, professor Philip Zimbardo put together one of the most intriguing and famous psychology experiments ever: the Stanford Prison Experiment, designed to study the effects of incarceration on prisoners and guards. Using an...
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Khan Academy: Zimbardo Prison Study the Stanford Prison Experiment

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This video [7:02] focuses on the Stanford Prison Experiment, a social psychology study in which college students became prisoners or guards in a simulated prison environment. However, mistreatment of prisoners escalated so alarmingly...