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 Stanford prison experiment, a prison simulation that took place over two weeks in 1971, forever shifted the field of psychology and its interpretation of human nature. Now, a new docuseries by ...
On Aug. 14, 1971, 24 students at Stanford University began taking part in an “experiment,” which earned them $15 a day for two weeks playing either guards or prisoners in a “jail” converted out of ...