The Stanford Prison Experiment

Mike tells Sarah the complicated story of an over-simplified study. Digressions include Tonya Harding, "The Meg" and Kitty Genovese. The Milgram obedience studies and the "broken windows" theory of policing receive bonus debunkings.

Thanks to Thibault Le Texier for helping us with this episode! Here's his book, "The History of a Lie," and the English-language summary, "Debunkingthe Stanford Prison Experiment."

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Links!

• TheOriginal Study
• Philip Zimbardo's "The Lucifer Effect"
• Zimbardo's 1973 NYT article
• DavidJaffee’s precursor study at Toyon Hall
• Ben Blum's "The Lifespan of a Lie"
• TheStanford prison experiment in introductory psychology textbooks: A content analysis
• The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment
• Revisitingthe Stanford Prison Experiment: Could Participant Self-Selection Have Led to the Cruelty?
• InterpersonalDynamics in a Simulated Prison: A Methodological Analysis
• The Obedience Alibi: Milgram's Account of the Holocaust Reconsidered
• Obediencein Perspective: Psychology and the Holocaust
• Unchainingthe Stanford Prison Experiment: Philip Zimbardo’s famous study falls under scrutiny
• TheSecrets of Abu Ghraib Revealed: American Soldiers on Trial

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