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Stanford Prison Experiment

By adri2212

  • Considerations to abort the study

    Zimbardo considered to abort the experiment.

  • Briefing for the guards

  • surprise police arrest

  • Period: to

    Conduction of Experiment

    The experiment was conducted at Stanford University from August 14 to August 20, 1971, by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo

  • Rebellion

  • Experiment was conducted

  • Prisoners blocked cell doors

    prisoners blocked cell doors with bed frames from block 1

  • spy student

    A student was hired ot become a spy and was told to record the prisoner's tactics.

  • Spy student released

    spy student was released as he bagan to act crazy.

  • prisoner went on hunger

    prisoner #416

  • Zimbardo decides to end the experiment

    Zimbardo decided to end the experiment the next day because the "guards" started to behave sadistically and the prisoners began behaving in a certain way. He also ended it because watching the video tapes, the prison guards would increase the abuse on the prisoners and Christina Maslach (Stanford Ph.D) questioned the morality of the experiment and soon after her visit Zimbardo decided to end the experiment.

  • End of Experiment

    Zimbardo announced the end of the experiment at 20th August 1971

  • Experiment ends