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Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment

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In 1971 at Stanford University, Philip Zimbardo conducted the very famous prison study. In this experiment 24 boys were chosen to be split up into the rules of prisoners and guards. The experiment was set up to study how people conformed to their rules in a prison setting. During the first day, the students had trouble fitting into their initial rules, but by day two there was prisoner rebellion. The guards were not allowed to physically harm the prisoners, so they used more of a psychological punishment. Zimbardo had to end the study after day six, because the students were taking their rules to far. Many of the boys who played the prisoners stated that they felt as if they were in an actual prison. In this situation, the students go caught
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