Video of the Stanford Prison Experiment

• garbonzo
  July 17th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

  I wonder whatever happened to these guys. Did they grow up to be “pillars of society” or were they scarred as a result of this.

• Alex
  July 17th, 2007 at 6:07 pm

  I wonder how many went into the prison security business!

• Ali S.
  July 17th, 2007 at 7:19 pm

  I think the best quote that can easily sum up the experiment and it’s outcome is:

  “Nearly all men can stand adversity, if you want to test a man’s character give him power.” By Abraham Lincoln.

  I’m sure the Guards ended up being outstanding citizens. Yeah right.

• Jess
  July 17th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

  One of the prisoners in the experiment who pretended he was insane to leave early ended up becoming so interested in psychology afterwards that he began studying psychology at uni and is now a prison psychologist!

• Audrey
  July 17th, 2007 at 9:21 pm

  I’m a psychology major and this experiment is one of my favorites despite it’s incredibly unethical nature. Watching Zimbardo host Discovering Psychology made me want to be a psychologist!

• George
  July 18th, 2007 at 2:51 am

  This experiment is useless as far as application of observed data. So is psychology and psychiatry for that matter neither of which has helped mankind.

  It is interesting to see how people love to play a game; no matter how debased and degraded that game is - in this case prisoner and prison guard.

• Alex
  July 18th, 2007 at 10:15 am

  This experiment is useless as far as application of observed data.

  This statement describes a lot of physics and mathematics.

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