The Stanford Prison Experiment

[cyang]

In my PACS (Peace and Conflict Studies) class, we've been talking about the "just following orders" defense for the prison guards at Abu Ghraib. And the creepy thing is, it's actually pretty strong... They did this study in the 1960s with white males 20-50 years of age at Yale. They told the guys that they were participating in an experiment about

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[finathriver]

wow. dammit, catherine, i was JUST about to go to sleep but then i saw this and wasted an hour reading and researching and crap IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT >P

[finathriver]

and it's 4 where i am!

[holyvaca]

ooh yeah i learned about this in psych over the summer!