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  1. Stanford Prison Experiment: Zimbardo's Famous Study

    In Zimbardo's Stanford Prison experiment, participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups, guards or prisoners. after a few days, the prisoners staged a failed revolt and were consequently punished and humiliated by the guards. ... An End to the Experiment. Zimbardo (1973) had intended that the experiment should run for two weeks, but ...

  2. Stanford prison experiment

    The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a psychological experiment performed during August 1971.It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors. Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo managed the research team who administered the study. [1] ...

  3. Conformity to Social Roles as Investigated by Zimbardo

    Zimbardo (1973) conducted an extremely controversial study on conformity to social roles, called the Stanford Prison Experiment. His aim was to examine whether people would conform to the social roles of a prison guard or prisoner, when placed in a mock prison environment.

  4. Demonstrating the Power of Social Situations via a Simulated Prison

    The lessons of the Stanford Prison Experiment have gone well beyond the classroom (Haney & Zimbardo, 1998). Zimbardo was invited to give testimony to a Congressional Committee investigating the causes of prison riots (Zimbardo, 1971), and to a Senate Judiciary Committee on crime and prisons focused on detention of juveniles (Zimbardo, 1974).

  5. Stanford Prison Experiment: Zimbardo's Famous Study

    The Stanford Prison Experiment, also known as the Zimbardo Prison Experiment, went on to become one of the best-known studies in psychology's history—and one of the most controversial. This study has long been a staple in textbooks, articles, psychology classes, and even movies. Learn what it entailed, what was learned, and the criticisms ...

  6. On the ethics of intervention in human psychological research: With

    Zimbardo, P. G. (1973). On the ethics of intervention in human psychological research: With special reference to the Stanford prison experiment. Cognition, 2(2), 243-256. https:// ... While acknowledging that the Ss in the prison experiment did suffer pain and humiliation, data are presented indicating that the Ss learned a number of things ...

  7. Stanford Prison Experiment

    Zimbardo's most famous study was the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, which was a classic demonstration of the power of social situations to distort personal identities and long-held values and morality. ... Zimbardo, P. G. (1973). On the ethics of intervention in human psychological research: With special reference to the Stanford Prison ...

  8. Stanford Prison Experiment

    Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress.

  9. The Stanford Prison Experiment

    Background and Objectives. In the 1960s and 70s, psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted several notable social psychology experiments examining how social roles and situations can impact human behavior. Zimbardo designed the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 to explore the psychology of imprisoning people. He aimed to study how participants reacted to being assigned randomized roles of ...

  10. PDF THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT A Simulation Study of the Psychology of

    THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment . Conducted August 1971 at Stanford University . Researchers: Philip Zimbardo . Craig Haney . W. Curtis Banks . David Jaffe . Primary Consultant: Carlo Prescott . Additional research assistance, Clerical assistance, and critical information . Provided by: