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The Stanford Prisoner Experiment - 40 Years On

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-good-to-be-a-guard dept.

cheros writes "It's now 40 years ago that the Stanford prisoner experiment went ugly so quickly it had to be aborted. Stanford has an interesting piece called The Menace Within that looks back on this momentous psychological experiment. From the article: 'What happened in the basement of the psych building 40 years ago shocked the world. How do the guards, prisoners and researchers in the Stanford Prison Experiment feel about it now?'"

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  1. At least by dotmatrix1 · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least they didn't have to wear these

  2. At least by dotmatrix2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least they didn't have to wear these

  3. A least by dotmatrix3 · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least they didn't have to wear these

  4. Al least by dotmatrix4 · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least they didn't have to wear these

  5. At least by dotmatrix6 · · Score: -1, Troll

    At least they didn't have to wear these

  6. Re:For those of us who are scratching our heads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Those of you who are scratching your heads are totally uneducated. If you really had no idea what the Stanford Prison Experiment was, here are some other links you might find handy:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The