stanford prison experiment
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It is an important experiment that people should learn from. Too often people underestimate the extent to which we can be cruel to each other for arbitrary reasons. I think it tells us something important about humanity, and has a number of implications. Not the least of which is that we should work consciously to monitor and demand accountability of those who are put in authoritative positions with prisoners and juvenile offenders. Abu Ghraib wasn't so surprising to me when that news broke, in part because I was very familiar with the Stanford experiment.
The primary professor behind this experiment (Zimbardo) also put together a great series of introductory psychology videos years ago.
--edit: I just watched the trailer. One thing that doesn't seem to be accurate here is that they were randomly assigned roles in the original experiment. That's important to contextualize the findings. This isn't a case of authoritative people acting in cruel, authoritative ways. It's random people acting that way against a group who were more or less the same as they were.--
The primary professor behind this experiment (Zimbardo) also put together a great series of introductory psychology videos years ago.
--edit: I just watched the trailer. One thing that doesn't seem to be accurate here is that they were randomly assigned roles in the original experiment. That's important to contextualize the findings. This isn't a case of authoritative people acting in cruel, authoritative ways. It's random people acting that way against a group who were more or less the same as they were.--
There is actual footage of it out there, that you can find on youtube.
Reinhardt
Super Freak
I have been totally fascinated by this experiment for years. Can good people turn evil? I am pumped to see this. The documentary was pretty great.
https://youtu.be/L_LKzEqlPto
Another interesting thing - it's like Joker proved Zimbardo's experiment in Dark Knight with Harvey Dent. LOL
https://youtu.be/L_LKzEqlPto
Another interesting thing - it's like Joker proved Zimbardo's experiment in Dark Knight with Harvey Dent. LOL
and the ppl on the ferries also disproved it because the line between good and evil is permeable. Zimbardos lecture on the psychology of evil is fascinating. It amazes me that as a youth, I never learned about psychology before college. It's a subject that is way more important than almost all other subjects, but was never even offered to me.
As this is my field (i do neuropsychology now but started with clinical and interested in social) I am pretty interested this movie. At the last American Psychological Association convention that had the actual prison experiment clothing and nightclubs and what not. Took a bunch of pictures with the stuff. It was pretty cool.
Devil_666
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Yeah I saw "The Experiment" with Adrian Brody, the remake of that. Thought it was meh.
That's because it's a bad idea for kids to learn about behavior, personality, emotion, etc. before they've lived long enough to establish their own, independently.
^^ Look at the comedian over here with the smart mouth.
Yep, it a very pointless remake.
I disagree. There are many layers to the subject, but teaching high school students about interactions with ppl, the way people think, disorders and other simple concepts can really be a interesting and useful subject to children getting ready to enter a adult world. I wish I could find a stat that shows how many schools teach the subject cause I know some do.
I love that movie too
Reinhardt
Super Freak
good point!
Devil_666
Super Freak
My bad, I read "youth" and responded with "kids" because I thought we were talking about elementary/middle school level. Like 13-14 years old and younger. I make that mistake a lot.
