Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment

Stanford Prison Experiment: Psychology of Imprisonment (1991)

June 6th, 19910h 51min

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The Stanford prison experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances of prison life, and the effects of imposed social roles on behaviour. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University.


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