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  1. How Can the Science of Human Behavior Help Us Understand Abu …

    The Stanford prison experiment taught us important lessons about the potential for prisoner abuse, even at the hands of ordinary and stable guards. It demonstrated, once again, the …

  2. Stanford prison experiment

    • – Vox article detailing how the study is a sham• Stanford Prison Experiment, a website with info on the experiment and its impact• Interviews with guards, prisoners, and researchers in July/August 2011 Stanford Magazine

  3. The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment

    Maria Konnikova argues that the Stanford Prison Experiment, involving fake guards and prisoners, is misremembered for what it teaches …

  4. Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

    • Tucker, Bruce and Sia Triantafyllos (2008). "Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib, and the New Imperialism". Canadian Review of American Studies. 38 (1): 83–100. doi:10.3138/cras.38.1.83.• Clemens, Michael (2010). The Secrets of Abu Ghraib Revealed: American Soldiers on Trial. Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-59797-441-7. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2010.

  5. APPLES, BARRELS, AND ABU GHRAIB

    behavior exhibited during thie Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo 1973, 2000); and. (3) The events at Abu Ghraib underscore the power of the situation in determining human behavior. …

  6. Philip Zimbardo defends the Stanford Prison …

    The tale, which was made into a feature film, has been a lens through which we can understand human-rights violations, like American soldier’s maltreatment of inmates at the Abu Ghraib in Iraq...

  7. Stanford Prison Experiment

    About the Stanford Prison Experiment. Carried out August 15-21, 1971 in the basement of Jordan Hall, the Stanford Prison Experiment set out to examine the psychological effects of …

  8. Demonstrating the Power of Social Situations via a Simulated …

    In 1971, a team of psychologists designed and executed an unusual experiment that used a mock prison setting, with college students role-playing prisoners and guards to …

  9. The Stanford Prison Experiment: The Power of the Situation

    The Schlesinger Report on the atrocities at Abu Ghraib prison during the war in Iraq identified a failure of command involving a lack of adequate procedures for the processing, …

  10. Investigating the Stanford Prison Experiment: History of a Lie ...

    In 1971, psychologist Philip Zimbardo ran the now famous Stanford prison experiment to show that prison could make normal people behave in pathological ways. Based on the first thorough …