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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Fascinating article about the Stanford Prison Experiment

I heard about this experiment that got out of hand and ended early when I was studying in college - this article sums things up really well and gets back in touch with some of the participants years afterward. Chilling and fascinating.

2 comments:

  1. Social studies people should not be allowed to place "scientist" at the end of their titles. What was described was the most slovenly sort of arrangement masquerading as a "scientific" study. In real prisons, the prisoners are usually there for a reason, and the guards usually have training. Fraternity hazing under color of authority.

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  2. Mike, I'm pleased at least that it ushered in a new era for human subjects protocols in social science (even though it was a pain to go through the process for my own research). I don't think they learned what they'd planned to, but they did learn a great deal, and made a difference for future researchers.

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