The Stanford Prison Experiment

DMZ – HISTORICAL ¦ Marko Kovic ¦ GASTCOMENTAR The Stanford Prison experiment is probably the most famous psychological experiment of all time. It is intended to show that people quickly become brutal and sadistic depending on the context. The experiment was in fact a major pseudo-scientific fraud. The experiment was carried out in 1971 at Stanford University. The experiment facility was simple: for two weeks a prison environment was to be simula…