The Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted in 1971 by Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo, demonstrated that when ordinary people are given power over others, they can quickly transform into abusive individuals, as evidenced by college students randomly assigned as guards who began stripping, humiliating, and psychologically tormenting prisoners within hours, leading to the experiment's termination after just 6 days.
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In 1971, a Stanford professor built a fake prison in the basement of the psychology building. He randomly [music] picked college students to be guards or prisoners. It was supposed to last 2 weeks. Within hours, the guards started stripping prisoners naked, [music] making them do push-ups, denying them food. By day two, prisoners were having mental breakdowns. The guards weren't acting anymore. [music] They were enjoying it. One prisoner had to be released after 36 hours of screaming. The experiment was shut down after just 6 days. It proved something terrifying about human nature. Give ordinary people power over others, and they become monsters.
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