Episode 297: The Stanford Prison Experiment

In 1971, Philip Zimbardo recruited participants to take on the
roles of “prisoners” and “guards” to investigate the psychological
effects of perceived power; Zimbardo's primary reason for
conducting the experiment was to focus on the power of roles,
rules, symbols, group identity and situational validation of
behavior that generally would repulse ordinary individuals. But the
experiment had to be terminated over a week earlier than expected
due to how the participants began to act. Today, the findings of
Zimbardo are debated, as is the methodology and ethical
considerations of the actual experiment. Click here to join our
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