Stanford prison experiment - Results - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Results
The experiment very quickly got out of hand. Prisoners suffered — and accepted — sadistic and humiliating treatment at the hands of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Goals And Methods
The study was funded by the US Navy to explain conflict in its and the Marine Corps' prison systems. Zimbardo and his team intended to te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Comparisons To Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
The human rights abuses that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison, under the authority of the American armed forces in the aftermath of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Conclusions
The experiment's result has been argued to demonstrate the impressionability and obedience of people when provided with a legitimizing id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Criticism Of The Experiment
Despite its apparently dramatic effects, the experiment was widely criticized as being unethical and bordering on unscientific. Critics i...   » Read the article