Effects Of The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a very unique and brutal experiment. In 1973 the professor Philip G. Zimbardo set out to study how normal subjects such as college aged men would react as “prisoners” and “guards” in a mock prison setting. Stanford set up what they called a “mock prison” in the basement of Stanford University’s psychology building. During the experiment there were ten prisoners and eleven guards. The prisoners were stripped of their uniqueness by being dressed in matching smocks and nylon caps. Prisoners were also only referred to by their ID number. The guards in the experiment were also “deindividualized” as they were to wear khaki uniforms and silver reflector sunglasses. Guards had billy clubs, whistles, handcuffs and