Why the Stanford Prison Experiment turned cruel

Hello there! What would you say if we invited you to our artificial prison and asked you to live there for two weeks, taking on a role we assigned you for $15 a day? You’d either be a guard or a prisoner. Sounds pretty bizarre, right? But why would we make such a request? Well, we wouldn't—but social psychologist Philip Zimbardo actually ran an ad doing just that. This is the “Stanford Prison Experiment,” a study we’re about to dive into in detail. So, if you’re ready, let’s see what happened back in 1971.

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