The Prison Experiment - Zimbado

Procedure:

- A prison was built in the basement if the psychology building at Stanford Universdity.

- No clocks or windows (disrupting the body clock)

- Police cars arrived and the subjects were arrested

- Subjects were fingerprinted and blindfolded

- To help with rold identification, guards wore khaki shirts/pants/batons/sunglasses

- 24 men judged to be physically and mentally stable (white, middle class/healthy). They were randomly assigned "prisoner" and "guard" - the guards weren't told how to behave except told they weren't allowed to use physical punishment/aggression.

It was meant to last 2 weeks - lasted 6 days.

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