Analysis of Stanford Prison Experiment
In 1971, Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo lead a group of college students through a social experiment that showed how quickly human nature can spiral out of control. The purpose of the experiment was to study the roles people play in prison. Twenty-four college students were randomly assigned a role of either a prison guard or prisoner to carry out in a mock prison inside the basement of a laboratory. Minimal instructions were given to the college students playing these roles, […]