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A Stanford Prison Experiment is a social experiment that ...
- AKA: SPE.
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- See: Prisoner, Prison Guard, Psychological Torture, Abu Gharib.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment Retrieved:2016-2-4.
- The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted at Stanford University on August 14–20, 1971, by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo using college students. [1] It was funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research [2] and was of interest to both the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as an investigation into the causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners. The experiment is a classic study on the psychology of imprisonment [3] and is a topic covered in most introductory psychology textbooks. [4] The participants adapted to their roles well beyond Zimbardo's expectations, as the guards enforced authoritarian measures and ultimately subjected some of the prisoners to psychological torture. Many of the prisoners passively accepted psychological abuse and, at the request of the guards, readily harassed other prisoners who attempted to prevent it. The experiment even affected Zimbardo himself, who, in his role as the superintendent, permitted the abuse to continue. [5] [6] Two of the prisoners quit the experiment early, and the entire experiment was abruptly stopped after only six days, to an extent because of the objections of Christina Maslach. Certain portions of the experiment were filmed, and excerpts of footage are publicly available.
- ↑ The Stanford Prison Experiment – A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University
- ↑ FAQ on official site
- ↑ http://www.prisonexp.org/30years.htm
- ↑ Intro to psychology textbooks gloss over criticisms of Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
- ↑ Beyond Ethics to Post-ethics: A Preface to a New Theory of Morality and Immorality, Peter Baofu
- ↑ The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws, Robert G. Vaughan
1973
- (Zimbardo, 1973) ⇒ Philip G. Zimbardo. (1973). “Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison." International Journal of Criminology and Penology, 1.