Guaranteed to stimulate critical thinking and discussion, the film features archival footage, flashbacks, post-experiment interviews with the prisoners and guards, and comparisons with real prisons.
Lot's of info here:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
and here including trailer:
http://www.prisonexp.org/video.htm |
The Stanford prison experiment was a psychological study of what it meant to be a prisoner and a prison guard, pyschologically. The experiment was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by psychologist Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University. 24 Undergraduates were selected out of 70 to play the roles of both guards and prisoners and live in a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
Prisoners and guards rapidly adapted to their roles, stepping beyond the boundaries of what had been predicted and leading to dangerous and psychologically damaging situations. One-third of the guards were judged to have exhibited "genuine" sadistic tendencies, while many prisoners were emotionally traumatized and two had to be removed from the experiment early. Finally, Zimbardo, alarmed at the increasingly abusive anti-social behavior from his subjects, terminated the entire experiment early.
The experiment was to last for 14 days. The psychological effects of the situation quickly set in. The experiment quickly grew out of hand. Prisoners suffered � and accepted � sadistic and humiliating treatment from the guards. The high level of stress progressively led them from rebellion to inhibition. By experiment's end, many showed severe emotional disturbances.
On the sixth day, The Stanford Prison Experiment was shut down.
When the Abu Ghraib military prisoner torture and abuse scandal was published in March 2004, many observers immediately were struck by its similarities to the Stanford Prison experiment.
This may very well be the most important experiments of humanity.
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