Stanford Prison Experiment, 1971 Credit - Department of Special Collections & University Archives, Stanford University Libraries. In August 1971, at the tail end of summer break, the Stanford ...

The simulation was supposed to last two weeks, but in one of the most astonishing melt-downs in the history of academic research, Dr. Philip Zimbardo had to shut down a “prison” mocked up in the ...

In 1971, at the prestigious Stanford University, a group of young men were paid to participate in a study designed to observe the psychological effects of prison life. The experiment didn't just focus ...

In August 1971, male undergraduates at Stanford University subjected one another to psychological abuse, sleep deprivation and sexual degradation in the basement of Jordan Hall. This wasn’t some sick ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He ...

“Male college students needed for psychological study of prison life. $15 per day for 1-2 weeks.” Led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, the Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week, ...

About 40 years ago, a bunch of longhaired, weed-smoking college kids showed up at Stanford University for a game of make believe. Some planned to be prisoners and some hoped to be guards, but they ...

Billy Crudup stars opposite an all-stars-in-the-making cast of young men in this dramatization of the notorious 1971 psychology experiment, directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. By Leslie Felperin ...

In August 1971, male undergraduates at Stanford University subjected one another to psychological abuse, sleep deprivation and sexual degradation in the basement of Jordan Hall. This wasn’t some sick ...

Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial "Stanford Prison Experiment" that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He was 91.Related video ...