The experiment was conducted by American psychologist zimbardo and others in 1969.
Objective: To explore whether the psychological tendency of abuse is congenital or acquired.
Participants: 24 male college students (no prison experience, no history of drug abuse, physical and mental health) earn $65,438 +05 a day.
Venue: Investigators built a mock prison in the basement of the psychology department of Stanford University.
Process: Participants were arrested by the police and taken to the test site. Participants were divided into two groups by drawing lots, 12 prisoners and 12 prison guards. The prisoner will first take off his clothes, sprinkle with lice powder, put on a white robe similar to a woman's clothes, don't wear underwear or stockings, number everyone instead of his name, and have a hinge on his right ankle. Prison guards wear uniforms, batons and non-reflective sunglasses (cool? Hands? Luke) to prevent eye contact. As there is no clock or window, the prisoners don't know the time. Prison guards can punish at will. ?
Conclusion: The day after tomorrow, due to the special prison environment, the behavior of prison guards became more violent, and some even took pleasure in punishing prisoners later. Due to social interference, the experiment had to be ended early. Actually, it only lasted six days. Being a prisoner participant calls it a terrible nightmare. It also caused different degrees of harm to them. This experiment also led to the birth of a new law on prison abuse.
That is to say, the Stanford prison experiment was conducted by philip zimbardo, a psychologist at Stanford University, at 197 1, and the experiment finally stopped on the sixth day.