A Psychological Analysis Of The Stanford Prison Experiment

"The Stanford Prison Experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances of prison life." What was a psychological study? More as, what was the Stanford Prison Experiment? As soon as those words popped up on my screen, the very next thing I did was Google it. The very first things that appeared was a deep explanation of exactly what it was; "an attempt to investigate the psychological effects of power between prisoners and gaurds." Although it was an unethical experiment, it was an interesting one, especially to me. The very next day, I found enough things about it that I could write a book about it. I also ended up watching the documentary that went with it. Everything
in the experiment had something to do with the emotions of the prisoners whether it be happy emotions or in excruciating pain. The gaurds on th eother hand had no emotions, nothing could make them feel remorse for the "prisoners." Why did they act like this? Only because they knew they were in charged I told myself. When the movie came out, it explaned more than the short documentary I watched did and especially why many of the people acted the way they did. Afterwards, I was amazed by how authority can change people. Ever since I saw the experiment, I realised that studying people's behaviors and why they do things will forever intruige me and make me want to learn more about the actions of this.