Dec 02 2024 45 mins
The Stanford Experiment was touted as the gold standard for determining how good people react in bad situations. Guards become monsters in an attempt to control their prisoners. Prisoners become hopeless and reckless. But what if the experiment that based all human actions on was scripted? More of an act or a play rather than human nature. Should everything continue to be based on the results of the experiment or should we take a different look at human actions?
Sources:
The Stanford Experiment: Unlocking the Truth
Charles River Editors. 2024. The Stanford Prison Experiment. The history of the notorious pyschological experiment on guards treatment of prisoners.
Sharpe, Gordon. 2024. Unethical Psychology Experiments.